In the newest edition of Undercurrents (underwritten by Nexudus) we explore how much yield management belongs in coworking, with insights from Eyal Lasker (Flexspace AI), Bryce Hill (Denver Coworking), Gregg Jackowitz (Bond Collective), Jana Greer (Colliding Clouds), Sarah Sich (work.life), Adrian Palacios (Nexudus) and Hector Kolonas (Syncaroo).

Inventory expires by the hour. The question isn’t whether you already price dynamically, it’s whether you’re doing it with judgement or just a spreadsheet once a quarter.

Hector Kolonas at Syncaroo explains Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs): engineers embedded with customers to keep evolving systems as the business changes, a model pioneered by Palantir and now used by AWS, OpenAI and Anthropic. He argues CRE and flex businesses should explore this model as integrations are increasingly operational infrastructure, not one-off projects.

Projects finish. Businesses evolve. If your stack only gets love up till go-live, the exceptions that show up the next day are already breaking accounting, occupancy and access workflows all over again.

Hector Kolonas (me!) argues that the real AI advantage for flex workspace operators isn’t just adopting AI tools, it’s building a "context layer" that makes those tools smarter and more specific to your business.

I outline three realities: every platform will go AI-powered, token costs will rise before they fall, and context is what separates useful tools from genuine competitive edges. Not only are Syncaroo helping operators plan and deploy context layers, they’re also doing this internally to train Pinky, the AI brain that supports their team and clients.