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InfoQ: Why 99% of AI Products Fail: A CTO's Hard-Won Lessons

Why 99% of AI Products Flop

Despite sky-high investments and hype, most AI launches fall flat. In his InfoQ talk, veteran engineer Phil Calçado pulls back the curtain on his own GenAI startup’s failures and shares how even giants like Salesforce and Google trip over the same pitfalls.

Lessons for Building Real-World AI

Calçado zeroes in on the key architectural mistakes—over-promising on model magic, underestimating production complexity, and ignoring resilience. He then offers a practical, software-engineering playbook for shipping AI systems that actually survive and thrive in the wild.

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