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The Silent Killer of AI Projects: Why Infrastructure Fails Before AI Does

After 20 years leading enterprise technology at IBM and Kyndryl, I’ve seen the same pattern destroy AI initiatives at Fortune 100 companies and small businesses alike. The AI model works. The infrastructure underneath it doesn’t. Here are the 4 silent killers most organizations discover too late and how to find them before they cost you millions.

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The $2.4 Million AI Mistake: What Most Companies Get Wrong Before They Even Start

A manufacturing CEO spent $2.4 million on an AI initiative that completely failed. Six months of work, nothing worked, back to manual processes. The problem? They skipped the infrastructure assessment everyone said was “boring.” This pattern repeats across industries: companies make expensive mistakes in the same order for the same reasons. Here’s what actually separates AI success from disaster, and why foundation-first isn’t slower, skipping it is.

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