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title: "Physical Operations Insights | Fortune AI"
description: "Field stories and practical guides on AI video analytics, existing camera infrastructure, and decision-ready data for physical operations"
canonical: https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/
language: en
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Fortune AI Field Notes

# Ideas from physical operations

Stories about the decisions, footage, and systems behind work in the physical world

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[Field stories](#field-stories)
[Warehouse & 3PL](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/warehouse-operations/)
[Manufacturing](https://www.fortuneai.app/industries/manufacturing-operations/)
[Product & technology](https://www.fortuneai.app/#how-it-works)

[![Andrew Chen presenting Fortune AI on stage at Berkeley SkyDeck Demo Day](https://www.fortuneai.app/assets/recognition/andrew-skydeck-demo-day.webp)](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/fortune-ai-berkeley-skydeck-demo-day/) Company news October 7, 2026

## [Fortune AI at Berkeley SkyDeck Demo Day](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/fortune-ai-berkeley-skydeck-demo-day/)

Fortune AI Technologies

Founder and CEO Andrew Chen presented Fortune AI at Berkeley SkyDeck's Batch 22 Demo Day.

[Read the announcement](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/fortune-ai-berkeley-skydeck-demo-day/)

Earlier stories

## News & field stories

[![WAVE and SAFE SWIM official logos — technology partnership since 2026](https://www.fortuneai.app/assets/partnerships/wave-safe-swim-20260927.webp)](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/safe-swim-wave-vision-technology-partnership/) Company news September 27, 2026

### [SAFE SWIM × WAVE](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/safe-swim-wave-vision-technology-partnership/)

Fortune AI Technologies

SAFE SWIM supplies technology for WAVE’s VISION S.M.A.R.T. drowning detection product in North America. Partners since 2026.

[Read the announcement](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/safe-swim-wave-vision-technology-partnership/)

[![AI video analytics deployment across a 3PL distribution center loading dock](https://www.fortuneai.app/assets/blog/models-caught-up-distribution-center-v2.webp)](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/the-models-caught-up-the-moat-moved/) AI landscape September 13, 2026 7 min

### [The Models Caught Up and the Moat Moved](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/the-models-caught-up-the-moat-moved/)

[By Andrew Chen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewchennn/)

Computer vision models improved. Deployment, retraining, integration, and economics now decide which projects reach daily operations.

[Read the story](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/the-models-caught-up-the-moat-moved/)

[![NVIDIA Inception product mock of SAFE SWIM classifying swimmers for pool safety review](https://www.fortuneai.app/assets/blog/safe-swim-nvidia-inception-mock.webp)](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/safe-swim-ai-video-analytics-water-safety/) Field note September 4, 2026 7 min

### [Why high accuracy is only the first gate for real-world AI](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/safe-swim-ai-video-analytics-water-safety/)

[By Andrew Chen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewchennn/)

A swimming pool taught us how cameras, alerts, human response, and evidence turn model performance into an operating system.

[Read the story](https://www.fortuneai.app/blog/safe-swim-ai-video-analytics-water-safety/)

From the field

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