FAQ AI: Hard Truths About Delivery \u2013 Costs, Risks, and Reality
You've seen the demos. You've heard the promises. But shipping AI in the real world is a very different story. Teams get excited, leaders approve budgets, pilots launch, and somewhere along the way reality shows up. Deadlines slip, data is messy, users resist, and the \u201cobvious win\u201d turns out to be anything but obvious.
That gap between hype and reality is exactly why FAQ AI exists.
This is a live Hot Seat conversation with founders, CTOs, and AI leaders who've been through it. Not theorists, not keynote speakers, not consultants recycling frameworks, but people who actually shipped AI and lived with the consequences.
Agenda
Our speakers will answer curated questions in a 60-second Hot Seat format \u2014 sharp, direct, and practical. And your voice matters: you can submit questions in advance or ask live during the session.
You'll hear them tackle questions like:
- \u25CFWhat is the biggest illusion companies have about AI today?
- \u25CFWhat product assumption turned out to be wrong?
- \u25CFWhat would you never let a company build in-house?
- \u25CFWhat really changed in delivery speed?
- \u25CFWhy do most AI pilots quietly die?
- \u25CFWhat do executives underestimate the most?
Your voice matters
Before the event, you can submit your own questions for the panel. During the session, you can also ask live in the chat, and we'll address real cases from listeners on air.
Register NOW \u2192No slides.
No rehearsed success stories.
No buzzwords.
Just a candid, fast-paced conversation about what actually happens when AI meets real teams, real budgets, and real users.
Who this is for
CTOs, CIOs, engineering leaders, product leaders, founders, and AI consultants shaping real systems.
This session isn't here to sell you hype.
It's here to sharpen your judgment.
Whether you're building products, leading teams, advising clients, or simply figuring out how AI fits into your work, you'll leave clearer, wiser, and far more realistic about what AI can and cannot do today.
Meet the Speakers
Bart Van Spitaels
Founder, gutt
Product leader focused on building AI systems that work in the real world, not just on paper. Bart openly reflects on the assumptions that didn't hold up in practice, what went wrong, what was painful, and how those lessons shaped gutt's strategy and product direction.
Oleg Chekan
CTO, gutt
Engineering leader with deep hands-on experience scaling AI systems in production. Oleg speaks candidly about technical tradeoffs, delivery challenges, and what tends to break once AI meets real users and real environments.
Igor Matrofailo
AI Expert & Consultant, SoftServe
Works closely with organizations deploying AI in real business contexts. Brings a market-facing perspective on failed pilots, executive expectations, budget overruns, and the practical barriers to adoption.
Co-hosted with Symphony Solutions