--- title: "Fatjon (Tony) Kalemaj, Head of Applied AI | By The People Tech" description: "Fatjon (Tony) Kalemaj is COO & Head of Applied AI at By The People Technologies, a New York AI adoption consultancy for private equity, credit and hedge funds." url: https://bythepeople.tech/about-us/fatjon-tony-kalemaj --- [Home](/) [About us](/about-us) Fatjon (Tony) Kalemaj # ![Fatjon (Tony) Kalemaj, COO and Head of Applied AI at By The People Technologies, in black and white, in an open-collared white shirt, arms folded.](/_next/image?url=%2Fpeople%2Ftony-portrait.webp&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_5TndhFKLuAjzvyKoF9MnsdCY89Ua) COO & Head of Applied AI Fatjon (Tony) Kalemaj is COO & Head of Applied AI at By The People Technologies, a New York AI adoption consultancy for private equity, credit and hedge funds. Background ## What Tony does at the firm. Tony runs the firm's operations and delivery, and provides technical oversight of the skills and agents built during client engagements. Writing ## What Tony signs. ### [How will Claude affect my business?](/claude) 13 Oct 2026. What Claude changes inside a company, which model to use, and the dates IT needs. Updated with every release. ### [Smart reports, surveys and pooled group budgets](/claude/whats-new/claude-enterprise-smart-reports-pooled-budgets) 28 Oct 2026. Anthropic has made smart reports, in-app surveys and pooled group budgets generally available for Claude Enterprise. See team work, spend and friction. ### [Claude chat and Cowork unify for Enterprise](/claude/whats-new/claude-cowork-chat-unified-enterprise) 23 Oct 2026. Unified Claude chat and Cowork, on Pro and Max plans since September, is now generally available on Claude Enterprise, with admin controls by role. ### [Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed)](/claude/whats-new/claude-models-on-google-cloud-anthropic-managed) 22 Oct 2026. Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed) is now generally available: the full Claude API, with Google Cloud IAM access and billing. ### [Claude API version 2026-10-21 and new SDKs](/claude/whats-new/claude-api-version-2026-10-21) 22 Oct 2026. Anthropic has released Claude API version 2026-10-21. New SDKs send it by default, carry breaking changes and move from MIT to Apache 2.0. ### [Claude Duet research preview](/claude/whats-new/claude-duet) 22 Oct 2026. Anthropic has opened a Claude Duet research preview: a proactive agent app for Pro and Max subscribers in the US, by waitlist, on iOS, Android and claude.ai. ### [Claude Security scans continuously and tracks fixes](/claude/whats-new/claude-security-continuous-scanning) 22 Oct 2026. Claude Security now scans repositories continuously and tracks fixes, in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers. Free credits apply through 31 Dec 2026. ### [Claude Code Review is generally available](/claude/whats-new/claude-code-review-generally-available) 22 Oct 2026. Claude Code Review is now generally available for Team and Enterprise. Eligible Enterprise orgs can claim at least $10,000 in credits by 15 Jan 2027. ### [Claude Dashboards and Motion](/claude/whats-new/claude-dashboards-and-motion) 13 Oct 2026. Claude Dashboards (paid plans) and Claude Motion (Team and Enterprise) are in beta, and Docs, Slides and Design are out of beta. What it means for a company. ### [Claude Haiku 5.5, cheaper Sonnet 5.5, and API credits on Team plans](/claude/whats-new/claude-haiku-5-5) 13 Oct 2026. Claude Haiku 5.5, released 7 October 2026, is Anthropic's cheapest and fastest model, about 75% cheaper to run than Haiku 4.5. What it means for a company. ### [Sonnet 5.5 and the Sonnet 4.5 retirement](/claude/whats-new/claude-sonnet-5-5) 13 Oct 2026. Claude Sonnet 5.5, released 28 September 2026, is 30% faster than Sonnet 5, and Sonnet 4.5 retires from the API on 30 November 2026. How to migrate. ### [Claude Opus 5.5, the new default for serious work](/claude/whats-new/claude-opus-5-5) 13 Oct 2026. Claude Opus 5.5, released 22 September 2026, performs at Fable 5.1 level on most work and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5. What it means for a company. ### [Cowork and chat become one Claude](/claude/whats-new/claude-cowork-every-conversation) 13 Oct 2026. From 16 September 2026 Claude chat and Claude Cowork merge into one conversation that takes whole tasks and returns finished files. What it means for a company. ### [Claude Docs, Slides and Design in any conversation](/claude/whats-new/claude-docs-slides-design) 13 Oct 2026. Claude Docs, Slides and Design work in any conversation. All three are on by default for Enterprise from 15 October 2026. What changed and what to do first. Elsewhere ## Where else to find Tony. ### [Tony Kalemaj on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatjonkalemaj) LinkedIn. His profile. ## Talk to Tony Tell us what your team is already trying to do with AI and where it keeps stalling. If we are not the right people for it, we will say so. [hello@bythepeople.tech](mailto:hello@bythepeople.tech) [](/) ## We help companies turn AI into business results. Send us what your teams are already attempting and where it keeps stalling. If we are the wrong firm for it, we will say so in the reply. 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