
Harrison Chase: Companies Must Own Their Intelligence, Not Rent It
LangChain published a strategy essay by Harrison Chase on July 25, 2026, arguing that companies will not build lasting advantage on generic AI alone. Chase defines owning intelligence as control over the model, harness, and context layers of an agent system, plus the economics, quality, boundaries, and observability needed to manage it. He contends that company-specific details never live in a generic model's weights, so the durable advantage comes from intelligence adapted to a specific business.




