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Why Your Enterprise AI Pilot Won't Scale (with Nate B. Jones)

Aug 6, 2026 · 55m

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About this episode

Most enterprise AI pilots stall or fail before production, and the blocker is rarely the model. Nate B. Jones, an AI analyst and advisor who works with Fortune 500 companies and global banks, tells Michael Krigsman that naming an effort a pilot invites small budgets and safe goals. He explains how to pick a first project that matters to the business, why adoption is roughly 80 percent a people problem, and how to budget AI by cost per completed task rather than cost per token. Recorded live on CXOTalk with questions from the audience throughout. YOU'LL DISCOVER ✅ Why calling the work a pilot produces smaller budgets, safer goals, and weaker learning ✅ The two starting points Jones gives…