Chris Boyd: AI Engineer
Mobile, Legal & Agentic Systems
Chris Boyd is a software engineer and artificial intelligence specialist with twenty years of experience shipping production systems. As founder of Apptitude, I build AI tools and agentic workflows for companies where failure isn't an option — litigation engineering platforms, mobile apps, and enterprise automation that runs unsupervised at scale.
My recent work with the OpenClaw AI agent framework was featured in Bloomberg after a safety incident exposed real security and risk gaps in autonomous systems. The experience reinforced what I've learned building production AI: the gap between a working demo and a reliable system is where most projects fail.
I write about bridging that gap — agentic workflows that handle incomplete information, agent safety guardrails, and the engineering discipline required to ship AI that earns trust. Based in Charlotte, NC. For a concise bio and profile links, visit About Chris Boyd.
Recently
OpenClaw Sent 500 Messages to My Wife
A real-world OpenClaw safety failure: my home automation agent sent 500 messages, got stuck in a loop, and ended up in Bloomberg.
Agentic Workflows That Actually Work
How to build production agentic workflows with retry logic, audit trails, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints that survive real-world failure modes.
The Gap Between AI Demos and Production
The gap between AI demos and production: what happens when you deploy AI agents into incomplete data, hostile inputs, and users who don't read instructions.
Recurring Value: Beyond Clever Automation
Why the best AI automation compounds over time — building structured workflows with human checkpoints instead of one-off scripts that break.