Reganti: AI systems need recalibration as evolving user behavior increases complexity
Aishwarya Reganti (Ash) · Why most AI products fail: Lessons from 50+ AI deployments at OpenAI, Google & Amazon · Jan 11, 2026 · at 1:01:11
AI practitioner Ash Reganti discusses why enterprise AI systems require ongoing recalibration as users push products beyond initial use cases.
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“Something that might seem very natural to an end user might be very hard to build as a product builder, and you see that user behavior also evolves over time, and that's when you know that you want to go back and recalibrate.”
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