Welcome back to The AI Mandate. Following our inaugural episode on why AI is a core leadership imperative, Episode 2 tackles the single biggest financial sinkhole facing executive teams today: navigating the enterprise AI stack without burning millions on failed pilots.

While 80% of employees report task-level time savings from basic tools, fewer than 6% of enterprises are driving true profit returns. In this candid, no-BS briefing, we break down why 95% of AI initiatives stall out and reveal how to cut through vendor marketing fluff.

Key Takeaways:

The Vendor Hype Trap: Why legacy SaaS providers are slapping 40% price hikes on thin LLM wrappers—and how to avoid severe vendor lock-in.

The Hidden Costs of Custom Builds: The brutal reality of MLOps, technical ...