applied ai July 1, 2026 3 min read
The wildfire-risk AI gap isn't the models. It's the motion.
Wildfire-risk firms have world-class AI. What they don't have is a way to sell the same intelligence to agencies, utilities, and insurers at once.
The technology gap in wildfire risk closed faster than anyone expected. The distribution gap is widening. Here's why credible AI-driven risk firms stall before their first handful of clients — and the two-day move that unsticks them.
Eli Wood
CEO, Black Flag Design