Stuart MacDonald and Tom Bush sit down with Ryan Lunka, VP and Head of AI & Agentic Practice at Aries Solutions, to explore how agentic workflows, dynamic model routing and practical ROI strategies are reshaping enterprise e-commerce, and why code is no longer the bottleneck in software.
Guest: Ryan Lunka, Vice President, Head of AI & Agentic Practice, Aries Solutions
In this episode:
• How billion-dollar retail brands are integrating agentic AI into back-end order operations and supply chains
• Why developer tools like Claude and agentic coding SDKs are driving massive enterprise token spend
• The rise of dynamic model routers that serve open-weight models on domestic infrastructure to cut inference costs
• How CFOs and tech leaders can craft an intentional ROI narrative instead of facing surprise million-dollar token invoices
• Why code is no longer the software bottleneck, and why scaling human taste is the new competitive advantage
Connect with Ryan:
LinkedIn: / ryanlunka
Aries Solutions: https://ariessolutions.io
Recorded live at Columbus AI Week (Sept 10–11, 2026), produced by the Enterprise Technology Association with JobsOhio: https://www.joinaiweek.com/columbus
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