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October 23, 2025
Why 95% of AI Projects Fail
A five-step fix built around portfolios, operator-engineers, and gravel-road prototypes.
- Venue
- Austin Tech Week AI Track at Capital Factory
- Format
- 45-minute conference session
- Location
- Austin, Texas
The premise
Most AI programs put too much weight on one large initiative. This talk makes the case for a portfolio of fast experiments, direct contact with users, and prototypes that are allowed to die.
Audience leaves with
- Why one large AI bet is usually the wrong unit of work.
- How gravel-road prototypes create evidence before commitment.
- The organizational conditions that let useful experiments survive.