How do you move an AI solution from pilot to production?

“We use a four-stage model: a 4-week readiness sprint to assess data maturity and define architecture; a pilot build with an evaluation harness wired in from day one; a hardening phase covering guardrails, red-teaming, and rollback; and a scale-and-operate phase with MLOps automation. Most first use cases are in production within 90 days of kickoff.”