@zstmfhy: Over dinner a VP told me: "All 200+ of our enterprise clients are screaming for transformation and begging for AI Agents, but we simply can’t deliver." My chopsticks froze mid-air—not at the number, but at the realization that the AI whirlwind has already blown into every traditional firm’s boardroom…
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A VP serving 200+ firms says every client is desperate to deploy AI Agents yet lacks the ability, showing the AI wave has reached traditional boardrooms and sparked transformation anxiety.
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Last night I had dinner with a VP. After a few rounds he told me: “Of the 200-plus companies we serve, every single one is shouting about transformation and itching to deploy AI Agents—but we ourselves can’t pull it off.”
My chopsticks froze mid-air.
It wasn’t the number that startled me; it was the sudden realization—the AI gale has already blown into every traditional firm’s boardroom and left them fidgeting in their seats.
They’re not short of customers or use-cases; what they lack is someone who can turn “AI
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