Park Place Technologies released the third episode of The Savvy CIO, “Why do AI Buildouts Fail?”, in which host and former National CIO of the Year Bradd Busick and guest Skylar Roebuck, CTO of Solvd, examine why most enterprise AI programs never survive the trip from a controlled demo.
The numbers are stark. A widely cited MIT study put the AI initiative failure rate at 95%, a figure Roebuck says was repeated by “every vendor in the world” at AWS re:Invent despite flaws in how the study was run. Solvd ran its own survey and found a similar result, with nearly 80% of respondents reporting AI initiative failures.
Roebuck’s diagnosis is that enterprises are still scoping AI work like software projects. In earlier technology waves, he argues, the transformative idea could be separated from the organizational change required to absorb it. That separation no longer holds.
Throughout the episode, Roebuck shares practical guidance for technology leaders looking to scale AI successfully across the enterprise while avoiding common pitfalls that derail transformation efforts.
The Savvy CIO is produced by Park Place Technologies and explores the budget pressures, AI adoption challenges, and security concerns facing today’s IT leaders, along with the people solving them every day.
Episode 3, “Why Do AI Buildouts Fail?,” is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
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Nearly 80% of Enterprise AI Buildouts Fail, and the Technology Isn’t Why, Solvd CTO Tells The Savvy CIO Podcast
Park Place Technologies released the third episode of The Savvy CIO, “Why do AI Buildouts Fail?”, in which host and former National CIO of the Year Bradd Busick and guest Skylar Roebuck, CTO of Solvd, examine why most enterprise AI programs never survive the trip from a controlled demo.
The numbers are stark. A widely cited MIT study put the AI initiative failure rate at 95%, a figure Roebuck says was repeated by “every vendor in the world” at AWS re:Invent despite flaws in how the study was run. Solvd ran its own survey and found a similar result, with nearly 80% of respondents reporting AI initiative failures.
Roebuck’s diagnosis is that enterprises are still scoping AI work like software projects. In earlier technology waves, he argues, the transformative idea could be separated from the organizational change required to absorb it. That separation no longer holds.
Throughout the episode, Roebuck shares practical guidance for technology leaders looking to scale AI successfully across the enterprise while avoiding common pitfalls that derail transformation efforts.
The Savvy CIO is produced by Park Place Technologies and explores the budget pressures, AI adoption challenges, and security concerns facing today’s IT leaders, along with the people solving them every day.
Episode 3, “Why Do AI Buildouts Fail?,” is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
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