How To Build Agentic AI That Ships

This is the first of two parts.

Recent reports of AI doom highlight a 95% failure rate in enterprise rollouts. Given the nascent state of AI, high failure rates are expected, but some common-sense approaches can help align your efforts with the 5% of winners in this space.

Defining Failure

Before we dig in, let’s address what we mean by “failure” in the context of these initiatives. The technology itself isn’t failing at a rate of 95%; rather, it is the integration of new technology with existing people and processes that is proving…