Ramji: Room Poll Shows ~80% Prototyping AI but Few in Production
Shiv Ramji · What’s Holding Back Enterprise AI — With Shiv Ramji · Sep 25, 2025 · at 0:37
Shiv Ramji, President of Auth0 at Okta, describes the drop-off between AI experimentation and production deployment among enterprise leaders.
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“I polled everybody in the room and said, you know, how many of you are experimenting with AI or prototyping? And you could see like, 80% of the room lit up and hands were up. And I said, now keep your hands up if these experiments or prototypes are in production. And you could see only a few hands remained.”
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