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What Happens When You Stop Building for Demos and Start Building for Real Work

An insightful conversation with Vitaliy Baklikov, CTO of Skyward IT Solutions, exploring the critical shift from building impressive prototypes to deploying production-ready AI systems. Discover how Skyward is breaking through the "demo trap" that plagues government technology, delivering real solutions that handle millions of actual transactions rather than polished presentations. Learn about the practical challenges of implementing AI agents in federal environments, the importance of compliance-first architecture, and why real-world testing beats staged demonstrations every time.

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Dmitry Yun, Founder and CEO of Skyward IT Solutions – Interview Series
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Dmitry Yun, Founder and CEO of Skyward IT Solutions – Interview Series

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CMS AI Implementer Skyward Launches SkyAI Hub, Pioneering Government-Ready Agentic AI to Boost Federal Efficiency
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CMS AI Implementer Skyward Launches SkyAI Hub, Pioneering Government-Ready Agentic AI to Boost Federal Efficiency

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The Future of AI and the Changing Workforce with Ksenia Kapoor
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The Future of AI and the Changing Workforce with Ksenia Kapoor

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AWS Summit
June 30 - July 1, 2026 | Washington, DC
Please reach out to Skyward's Chief of Staff Ksenia Kapoor to meet our team and discuss latest advancements in Federal Government digital modernization.
Edge Security Summit
July 9 - 12, 2026 | San Diego, CA
 
Join our VP of Strategic Programs, Sudha Venkateswaran for a thoughtful discussion on AI-driven intelligence platforms, screening and vetting modernization, cybersecurity defense, and secure interoperability.
ASAP – 18th Annual National Training Conference
July 15 - 16, 2026 | Arlington, VA

Meet our FOIA Software Alira product team for insights into modern approach to FOIA request Management 

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July 28, 2026 | Washington, DC

We invite you to drop by for a demo of Alira, our complete FOIA Request Management solution. Let us show you how Ali, our in-app AI Assistant, uses AI to empower FOIA professionals to make informed decisions

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Shaped by FOIA Officers: How Real Experience Informed Alira FOIA Software 

There's a difference between software designed for FOIA officers and software designed by them. Federal FOIA software built without deep process knowledge may check every technical box on a procurement checklist and still create more …
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By Ksenia Kapoor
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June 17, 2026
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FOIA Software Security: How to Evaluate What Actually Matters 

Security is one of the first things federal agencies ask about when evaluating FOIA software, and rightly so. FOIA systems handle sensitive requester information, law enforcement records, personally identifiable information, and documents that carry …
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By Ksenia Kapoor
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May 18, 2026
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FOIA Software Is Falling Behind, and the Backlog Crisis Proves It

Federal FOIA offices are in trouble. Request volumes are climbing at record rates, experienced staff are leaving, and the tools many agencies depend on were never designed for the pressures of 2026. For FOIA …
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By Ksenia Kapoor
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May 13, 2026
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Skyward’s Open Source RAG APP ‘SWParse’ Surpasses Claude in Document Parsing!

A breakthrough for specialized open-source tools in the AI ecosystem Text similarity measurements comparing ground truth to various processing methods At Skyward, we’ve been tackling one of the most persistent challenges in the RAG …
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By Ksenia Kapoor
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February 25, 2026
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Accelerating Government AI Adoption: A Practical Roadmap for Digital Transformation

In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, the federal government stands at a critical juncture. The recent response from Anthropic to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Request for Information (RFI) on AI Action …
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By Ksenia Kapoor
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February 25, 2026
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Why We’re Building Our Own Question-Answering Dataset (And Why It Matters)

Working at the forefront of AI solutions for government applications, we’reconstantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with language models. But to truly understand how well these models perform, we need reliable ways to …
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By Ksenia Kapoor
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February 25, 2026

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