The Chart Room
Articles, perspectives and conversations by Kristina Agustin.
57 articles
Twelve Months of AI, and Losing Sleep
Reflections from ASMEX 2026 on twelve months of AI in maritime: $11.5 billion spent in a single week on deployment, the 95% pilot failure rate, the 10 December 2026 Australian privacy deadline, and the seven things that have…
Watch recordingTwelve Months of AI, and Losing Sleep: ASMEX 2026 Keynote
Full recording of Kristina Agustin's keynote at the Australian Superyacht, Commercial Marine and Export Conference (ASMEX) 2026, twelve months of AI in maritime, the $11.5 billion consulting shift, and the seven things that have moved under our industry's…
Watch recording
What the SaaSpocalypse and Vibe Coding Mean for Maritime Leaders
In February 2026, roughly $285 billion was wiped from SaaS valuations in 48 hours. Vibe coding has collapsed the cost of building software, and from 10 December 2026 Australian privacy law requires organisations to disclose where they use…
Read article
The Door That Just Opened Inside Microsoft
Anthropic is now a Microsoft sub-processor. Claude Opus 4.7 runs inside the same tenant as your data. The agent layer connects to over 1,400 systems. For maritime companies that have been Microsoft-locked and AI-blocked, the procurement gate has…
Read article
Which Problems Don't Belong to AI
AI adoption is three decisions at once: technology, business architecture, and human change. A framework from Harvard's Dr Arthur Brooks for discerning which problems belong to AI, and which belong to people.
Read article
Steer Deliberately Into Disruption
What Anthropic's Mythos model means for maritime cybersecurity, invisible AI adoption, and why governance that waits for a crisis to define it arrives too late.
Read article
Why Maritime Professionals Are Moving to Claude
A practical guide to Claude and the Anthropic product suite for maritime professionals, including how to migrate from ChatGPT, data privacy settings, and the governance considerations that apply to tool selection.
Read article
Southern Sky AI Selected as Finalist for the Marinas26 Innovators and Start-Ups Showcase
Southern Sky AI has been selected as one of five finalists for the Innovators and Start-Ups Showcase at Marinas26, taking place 25 to 26 May 2026 at RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast.
Read article
MARE Forum: Three Things Worth Knowing About AI in Maritime
Three things worth knowing about AI adoption in maritime, organisational AI architecture, agentic workflows, and why starting with implementation is not always the right first move.
Read article