Why Enterprise AI Projects Fail: The Lack of Basic Evals
sh_reya · x · 2026-08-06
Almost every enterprise company is currently building or has already deployed an AI agent. However, industry experts point out that most of these projects are doomed to fail.
The primary reason is that developers often skip setting up even basic evaluation (evals) frameworks. To tackle this widespread issue, the post recommends an evals course by @HamelHusain and @shreya to help teams build AI applications that actually work in production.
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