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Drives automation and AI-led systems at ASSOSIATIX—building the workflows that keep commerce operations running without manual busywork.
Sep 21, 2026
The Assistants API Is Gone: What to Rebuild
- Automation & AI
OpenAI's Assistants API sunset on August 26, 2026. Here's what automation pipelines actually need to rebuild for the Responses and Conversations APIs.
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Sep 20, 2026
Why AI Ad Creative Shouldn't Auto-Launch Without Review
- AI Automation
- Advertising
- Shopify
Generating ad creative with AI and auto-launching it to ad platforms are different risk levels that need different automation guardrails.
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Automating Shopify Returns Without Losing Margin to Refunds
- Shopify
- Operations
- Automation
- Retention
Shopify's native return flow handles the basics for free. Here's when to automate with Flow, and when an app like Return Prime or Loop earns its cost.
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