Merve Tengiz
Contributing Editor, Explore Agentic
About Merve
Merve covers enterprise AI from the procurement side of the table. The Glean work is the clearest example: why a 100-seat minimum prices mid-market buyers out at the first quote, and an eleven-line-item discount playbook covering the per-seat base, the AI add-on priced standalone, POC fee credits, support-fee percentages, renewal escalator caps tied to CPI rather than good faith, FlexCredits pool sizing and overage multipliers, named connector inclusion, data-export and egress clauses, and a most-favoured-nation term.
The GenAI assessment framework applies the same discipline earlier, on use-case prioritization, model selection, and cost modeling before anyone signs a build. Merve also wrote the NIST AI Risk Management Framework glossary entry, mapping GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE, and MANAGE onto what a buyer can put in a contract, and the Gemini Enterprise versus Microsoft 365 Copilot comparison where two platforms converged on the same $21-to-$30 seat price. Expect negotiable line items, not vendor rubrics.
Pieces written or reviewed by Merve
8 pieces across 4 formats on this site — 5 written by Merve and 3 reviewed. A written byline means Merve researched and drafted the piece; a reviewed byline means Merve read it against its cited sources and could defend its claims before it published. Every row below is labelled either way.
- Glossary · Written NIST AI Risk Management Framework
- Comparison · Reviewed Jarvis vs Microsoft Copilot Studio: the 2026 buyer's guide
- Comparison · Written Agentspace vs Microsoft Copilot: 2026 Gemini rebrand
- Playbook · Reviewed How to measure AI agent ROI without embarrassing yourself
- Insight · Written Glean's 100-seat minimum: why mid-market buyers get priced out at the first quote
- Insight · Written Glean discount playbook: 11 line items procurement should negotiate before signing
- Insight · Reviewed AI Governance Isn't Optional — Here's How to Actually Do It
- Insight · Written Before You Build: Why a GenAI Assessment Is the Most Important Step Most Companies Skip
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- Alexander GromanContributing Writer
- Kelvin YuContributing Writer
- Soraya ZhengContributing Writer
- Cynthia ZhangContributing Writer
- Tommy TaoContributing Writer
- Chandler BensonContributing Writer
- Elias SaljukiContributing Editor
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- Laura Bradley McCoyContributing Writer
- Michael CloughEditorial Advisor