Pilot to Production: The Proof-of-Work That Gets You Hired

1Key Takeaways

• Originally published on AI Tech Connect .
• The gap, in numbers Start with what the market actually looks like as of mid-2026, because the shape of the gap tells you where the opportunity sits.
• The adoption-to-production gap in enterprise agent deployment.
• Figures as reported in 2026 industry research; sources differ slightly in methodology, which is why two failure rates appear.