Jigar Patel

I'm a Programmer

Building @Axion Technologies.

I'm an engineer and product builder with a background in broadcast news. Years in the newsroom sharpened my ability to cut through noise and focus on what matters. I bring that mindset to building AI systems, automation, and software that are useful, reliable, and grounded in real-world workflows.

Latest articles

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  • Article · September 6, 2026

    AI Agents: The Plumbing Is Ready. The Enterprise Isn't.

    Agentic AI's plumbing — protocols, frameworks, models — standardized faster than any enterprise technology in memory. Identity, auditability, and honest measurement are still drafts. That gap, not model quality, will decide who captures value.

  • Article · August 18, 2026

    Citations Are a Product Constraint

    Building NewsCraft made one thing clear: citations are not a finishing touch on an AI answer. They shape the data model, the agent loop, the interface, and the product boundary.

  • Article · August 18, 2026

    The Automation Had to Learn What Not to Publish

    The editorial boundary in an automated Toronto civic pipeline is not how quickly it can summarize data. It is deciding which facts deserve a story and which should remain a traceable record.

Selected projects

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  • Project

    NewsCraft

    Source-backed research chat with citations and bounded agent workflows

  • Project

    The Council Beat

    An automated city-hall beat with an explicit editorial filter