"AI doesn't act as a resolution to a business problem. It acts as an accelerant. If your business is strong with strong teams, AI has a very high chance to succeed. If the teams are weak and don't work well together, AI will fail." — Matteo Turi

Matteo Turi has spent 30 years inside some of the most complex business transformations on the planet — and he's got a blunt message for every exec rushing to implement AI: your relationships come first. As a chartered accountant, CFO, board advisor, and creator of the High Valuation Triangle framework, Matteo has seen firsthand what separates the companies that scale with AI and the ones that burn cash chasing it.

In this conversation, Karl and Matteo unpack why the real AI readiness gap isn't technological — it's relational. Gartner flagged it. MIT confirmed it. And ...