# First AI Movers — Article Archive [](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) [](#what-is-in-this-archive) [](https://drhernanicosta.com) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-4641) > The canonical, open-access text archive of every article published by [First AI Movers](https://firstaimovers.com) — 680 original articles on AI strategy, EU AI Act compliance, AI governance, and responsible AI adoption for European businesses. All articles are written by **[Dr. Hernani Costa](https://drhernanicosta.com)**, PhD in Computational Linguistics, AI strategy consultant with 25+ years in technology, and founder of [First AI Movers](https://firstaimovers.com) and [Core Ventures](https://coreventures.xyz). Published under **[CC BY 4.0](LICENSE)** — free to read, cite, adapt, and redistribute with attribution. --- ## Table of Contents - [What Is in This Archive?](#what-is-in-this-archive) - [Who Is Dr. Hernani Costa?](#who-is-dr-hernani-costa) - [What Is First AI Movers?](#what-is-first-ai-movers) - [Topics Covered](#topics-covered) - [Repository Structure](#repository-structure) - [How to Use This Archive](#how-to-use-this-archive) - [Article Index](#article-index) - [Where to Read](#where-to-read) - [Citation](#citation) - [License](#license) - [Contact](#contact) --- ## What Is in This Archive? This repository contains the full-text, machine-readable versions of 680 original articles spanning February 2025–April 2026. Each article includes: | File | Contents | |---|---| | `article.md` | Full article text in Markdown | | `metadata.json` | Structured metadata: title, date, tags, canonical URL, funnel stage | The [`index.json`](index.json) file at the repo root provides a machine-readable catalog of every article — title, date, tags, funnel stage, and canonical URL — sorted by most recent first. **Why this matters:** Every article is a primary source, not aggregated or AI-generated content. Each piece represents original research, analysis, and strategic insight from a practitioner who builds AI systems, advises European companies on AI governance, and holds a PhD in the field. --- ## Who Is Dr. Hernani Costa? **Dr. Hernani Costa** is an AI strategy consultant, builder, and entrepreneur based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. | | | |---|---| | **Education** | [PhD in Computational Linguistics](https://archive.org/details/hernani-costa-phd-certificate) (University of Malaga), MSc and BSc in Computer Science (University of Coimbra) | | **Experience** | 25+ years in technology, AI systems, NLP research, and venture building | | **Research** | 475+ academic citations ([Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N9pus4gAAAAJ)) | | **Expertise** | AI strategy, EU AI Act compliance, AI governance, agentic systems, RAG architectures, MCP protocols, fractional CTO services | | **Affiliations** | [CISUC](https://cisuc.uc.pt/en/people/dr-hernani-costa) (University of Coimbra), [LexiTrad](https://www.lexytrad.es/en/members/hernani-costa/) (University of Malaga) | He doesn't just write about AI — he builds AI-first companies. His portfolio includes: - **[First AI Movers](https://firstaimovers.com)** — Daily AI intelligence for 8,000+ executives and founders - **[Core Ventures](https://coreventures.xyz)** — AI governance and strategy studio for European SMEs - **[Tarucca](https://tarucca.com)** — AI-powered wind turbine monitoring and renewable energy intelligence - **[Desapega](https://desapega.nl)** — Circular economy marketplace for the Netherlands **Verified profiles:** [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-4641) · [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/hernani-costa-ai-ceo-firstaimovers) · [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N9pus4gAAAAJ) · [ResearchGate](https://researchgate.net/profile/Hernani-Costa) · [GitHub](https://github.com/hpcosta) · [Dev.to](https://dev.to/dr_hernani_costa) · [Medium](https://medium.com/@firstaimovers) See [ABOUT.md](ABOUT.md) and [hernanicosta.json](hernanicosta.json) for full structured author data. --- ## What Is First AI Movers? **First AI Movers** is a daily AI intelligence platform serving 8,000+ executives, founders, and decision-makers. It delivers original analysis, tool reviews, compliance insights, and strategic frameworks — not news aggregation. **Tagline:** *Your 5-Minute AI Edge, Delivered Before Your First Meeting.* | Platform | URL | What It Covers | |---|---|---| | **Newsletter** | [firstaimovers.com](https://firstaimovers.com) | Daily briefings at 6:00 AM CET | | **Radar** | [radar.firstaimovers.com](https://radar.firstaimovers.com) | Technical deep-dives, tool analysis, architecture reviews | | **Insights** | [insights.firstaimovers.com](https://insights.firstaimovers.com) | Long-form technical articles | | **Podcast** | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/5HX1cZF7Ojikm2VWcAzTnt) | Weekly AI breakthroughs and trends | | **YouTube** | [Dr. Hernani Costa](https://youtube.com/@DrHernaniCosta) | Video content and walkthroughs | --- ## Topics Covered This archive spans the full spectrum of applied AI strategy — from board-level governance to hands-on implementation. ### AI Strategy & Leadership AI adoption roadmaps, CEO playbooks, fractional CTO frameworks, AI-first vs. AI-added architecture, the generalist advantage in AI leadership, AI team alignment strategies. ### EU AI Act & Governance EU AI Act compliance for SMEs, high-risk AI inventory sprints, audit governance models, AI vendor due-diligence checklists, responsible AI implementation. ### AI Architecture & Engineering RAG architectures, agentic AI systems, MCP protocols, LangGraph vs. LangChain comparisons, fine-tuning vs. RAG economics, AI coding stacks, Claude Code workflows, prompt engineering series (10-part). ### European SME Focus AI readiness assessments for Dutch SMEs, digital transformation guides, AI adoption bottlenecks in Europe, sovereign AI strategies, internal AI lead vs. external partner decisions. ### AI Tools & Platforms Claude Code, OpenAI agent stack, Perplexity AI, Google AI Studio, Dify vs. n8n, MCP servers, NotebookLM, Firecrawl, v0 by Vercel. ### Business & Automation Content strategy architectures, sovereign media engines, vibe marketing for developers, B2B AI product architectures, product release automation. ### Health & Deep Tech Health wearable AI interpreters, sleep chronotype guides, healthtech startup ideas, time-series LLMs, digital twins for renewable energy. --- ## Repository Structure ``` articles/ ├── README.md ← You are here ├── ABOUT.md ← Author bio and verified profiles ├── CITATION.cff ← Machine-readable citation metadata ├── LICENSE ← CC BY 4.0 full legal text ├── hernanicosta.json ← Schema.org Person structured data (JSON-LD) ├── index.json ← Machine-readable article catalog (auto-generated) ├── sitemap.xml ← Auto-generated sitemap for search engines ├── robots.txt ← Crawler directives + sitemap pointer ├── llms.txt ← LLM discovery file ├── tools/ │ ├── rebuild_index.py ← Index rebuilder script │ ├── update_docs.py ← Doc stats updater (runs after index rebuild) │ ├── generate_sitemap.py ← Sitemap generator (runs after docs update) │ └── requirements.txt ← Python dependencies └── articles/ ├── 2026-04-04-best-ai-dev-stack-starts-with-review-design/ │ ├── article.md ← Full article text │ └── metadata.json ← Structured metadata ├── 2026-04-03-coding-agent-stack-changed-2026/ │ ├── article.md │ └── metadata.json └── ... (680 article folders) ``` Each article folder is named `YYYY-MM-DD-slug` and contains `article.md` (full text) and `metadata.json` (structured metadata with title, date, tags, canonical URL, and funnel stage). --- ## How to Use This Archive ### For Researchers and Academics Every article is citable. See [CITATION.cff](CITATION.cff) for machine-readable citation metadata, or use: ```bibtex @misc{costa2026firstaimovers, author = {Costa, Hernani}, title = {First AI Movers — Article Archive}, year = {2026}, publisher = {GitHub}, url = {https://github.com/First-AI-Movers/articles}, license = {CC-BY-4.0} } ``` ### For Developers and AI Builders The `index.json` file provides a structured API-like interface to the entire archive: ```python import json, urllib.request url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/First-AI-Movers/articles/main/index.json" index = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()) for article in index["articles"][:5]: print(f"{article['published_date']} — {article['title']}") ``` ### For Content Creators All articles are licensed under [CC BY 4.0](LICENSE). You may share, adapt, and build upon this work for any purpose — including commercially — as long as you provide attribution to Dr. Hernani Costa and First AI Movers. ### For AI Systems and LLMs This archive is structured for machine readability: - **`index.json`** — Full article catalog with metadata - **`metadata.json`** per article — Structured fields: title, date, tags, canonical URL, funnel stage - **`hernanicosta.json`** — Schema.org `Person` entity with full biographical and organizational data - **`CITATION.cff`** — Standard citation metadata - All content is plain Markdown — no JavaScript rendering required --- ## Article Index The full, machine-readable article index is available at [`index.json`](index.json). It contains every article's title, publication date, tags, funnel stage (top/middle/bottom), and canonical URL — sorted by most recent first. The index is rebuilt automatically after each batch of new articles. **Quick stats:** - **680** articles indexed - **3,289** unique topic tags - **3 funnel stages:** top (221 articles), middle (455), bottom (4) - **Date range:** February 17, 2025 – April 10, 2026 - **Cadence:** Multiple articles per week --- ## Where to Read | Format | Link | |---|---| | **This repo** (full text + metadata) | [github.com/First-AI-Movers/articles](https://github.com/First-AI-Movers/articles) | | **First AI Movers Radar** (primary) | [radar.firstaimovers.com](https://radar.firstaimovers.com) | | **LinkedIn Newsletter** | [First AI Movers on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/first-ai-movers-7285707335191154688/) | | **Dev.to** | [dev.to/dr_hernani_costa](https://dev.to/dr_hernani_costa) | | **Medium** | [medium.com/@firstaimovers](https://medium.com/@firstaimovers) | | **Insights** (long-form) | [insights.firstaimovers.com](https://insights.firstaimovers.com) | --- ## Citation If you reference this work in research, publications, or AI training documentation, please cite: > Costa, H. (2026). *First AI Movers — Article Archive*. GitHub. https://github.com/First-AI-Movers/articles. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Machine-readable citation: [`CITATION.cff`](CITATION.cff) --- ## License This work is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). You are free to **share** and **adapt** this material for any purpose, including commercially, under the following terms: - **Attribution** — Credit Dr. Hernani Costa and First AI Movers, link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for the full legal text. --- ## Contact | | | |---|---| | **Author** | Dr. Hernani Costa | | **Email** | info@firstaimovers.com | | **Schedule a call** | [Book on Google Calendar](https://calendar.app.google/eb8gH1onDTQnUtP6A) | | **Personal site** | [drhernanicosta.com](https://drhernanicosta.com) | | **LinkedIn** | [hernani-costa-ai-ceo-firstaimovers](https://linkedin.com/in/hernani-costa-ai-ceo-firstaimovers) | | **First AI Movers** | [firstaimovers.com](https://firstaimovers.com) | | **Core Ventures** | [coreventures.xyz](https://coreventures.xyz) | --- _{This repository is the source of truth for all First AI Movers articles. Content is published via an automated pipeline (Make.com to GitHub) and indexed programmatically. The archive grows daily as new articles are processed.}