Most AI advice comes from people who've never had to ship the thing. This first episode is the practitioner's read — from someone who builds enterprise AI for a living. The tested take on what's real, what's hype, and what to actually do. Case in point: the \"autonomous agentic workforce\" you're being sold is a roadmap slide, not a 2026 reality — and here are the receipts.
This episode of Above the Noise — the unbiased AI brief for enterprise leaders:
No vendors. No hype. Just the signal.
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Every stat in this episode is sourced. Check the work yourself:
Topics covered: enterprise AI, agentic AI, AI agents, AI hype, AI ROI, AI governance, build vs buy, agent washing, Gartner, MIT, Deloitte, Google Gemini, IBM watsonx, CIO, enterprise leadership
Host: Shaun Gehring — engineering leader who builds enterprise AI and sells nothing. Opinions his own.
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