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Why the out-of-the-box AI build keeps selling: and why trust is the commercial constraint

September 9, 2026

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Every AI vendor pitch sounds the same: bring in your data, we'll build the system, don't worry about it — and you're left with nobody on your team who actually understands what got built.

My co-host Erin Wiggers took that whole trap apart in one turn on the show today.

"I think people are trying to get to the end of the road too quick."

If your team hasn't touched the tool you rolled out, that's not resistance. That's trust math that hasn't been done yet.

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