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EP 62: 95% of AI Pilots Fail. Here's Why | Mohamed Battisha, VP of Engineering at WEX
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Episode EP 62: 95% of AI Pilots Fail. Here's Why | Mohamed Battisha, VP of Engineering at WEX
What actually separates a data platform built for AI agents from the data warehouse most enterprises already have?
Recorded live at Ai4 conference in Vegas, AsembleAI co-host Sam sits down with Mohammed Battisha - who leads the data engineering team at WEX and previously built Saudi Arabia's national AI platform as CTO of SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority), with earlier leadership roles at LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Microsoft - to find out answer to the question.
Topics covered:
• The shift from "collect, transform, report" data platforms to context-aware, agent-ready platforms • Why the semantic layer is the core of any AI-native architecture • Governed execution: giving AI agents boundaries and full auditability • Lessons from building a sovereign nation's AI platform at SDAIA • Why MIT's research shows 95% of enterprise AI pilots fail — and what disconnects business and technology • WEX's crawl-walk-run framework for AI adoption • Claim AI: how WEX automated a multi-day claims process down to minutes • How WEX measures AI maturity and data maturity across seven dimensions • Advice for data and AI engineers: why business awareness matters more than technical depth alone
Connect with Mohammed : LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedbattisha/
WEX: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wexinc/
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