AI-VENDOR-SELECTION5 MIN READ
Design the Exit Before Signing
Identify portability, continuity, and exit requirements before selecting an AI vendor.
The lock-in moment Price rises, behavior changes, and the team's learning assets are trapped. Termination without portability is only a partial exit. Exit design Portability before price You still have leverage before the vendor is selected. Shortcut Negotiate only cancellation language. Switching remains painful but possible. The time to buy option value is before dependency accumulates. 01 Assets 02 Formats 03 Transition Step 1 The vendor will store prompts, feedback labels, retrieval indexes, and evaluation logs.
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