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Haroon Choudery
Aug 14, 2026
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Written by
Haroon Choudery.
Founder of Seeko, an AI consulting practice that audits before it builds.
He’s interviewed 280+ leaders about how AI actually shows up in their orgs — what works, what’s smoke. The newsletter is the public surface of that work; AI Ready is the proficiency platform built on top of it.