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How Enterprise AI Really Gets Deployed
~35 min listenPublished a16z Show episode· The a16z Show
Estimated time: ~35 min listen — typical episode length for this show.
What this is
The a16z Show: Decagon’s leaders on deploying enterprise AI at scale — what actually holds in production, not the pitch deck.
Enterprise AI is a deployment problem — inference, data, and operating choices — not a demo.
- a16z Show conversation with Decagon’s CEO and president.
- Useful for what “scale” means when a customer actually runs the system.
- Filter investor framing; keep the operating questions.
- Listen, then write what you would require in a pilot on your data.
Next action: After this episode, add one production question to your vendor scorecard.
Deep dive
Separate product fact from investment narrative.
Ask what is in production, on whose data, with which human step.
Pair with the Vendor Scorecard before the next purchase conversation.
Episode note: The a16z Show · How Enterprise AI Really Gets Deployed · Decagon
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