From Pilot to Production: Scaling Your First Successful AI Agent

​About the Lightning Session

​Most AI pilots never make it past the testing stage. In fact, about 95% according to MIT.

In this quick session, we’ll break down why pilots fail and share a clear path for turning an early success into a production-ready AI agent that scales across your organization.

​We’ll cover the critical moves that separate stalled experiments from lasting impact: setting the right success metrics, securing executive buy-in, managing change, and expanding integrations without adding complexity.

​By the end, you’ll know exactly how to avoid the common pitfalls and take your first AI agent from a small pilot to a fully deployed solution delivering measurable results.

​What You’ll Learn

• ​Why most AI pilots fail, and the key factors that predict success

• ​How to measure ROI and build a business case for scaling

• ​Steps to secure stakeholder support and drive adoption

• ​Best practices for expanding capabilities while keeping agents reliable

​About the Host

• ​​​​​Derya Firat (GTM Lead, Beam AI): Derya draws on enterprise experience at Microsoft and Oracle and a founder’s perspective from Antler to scale AI agents into market-ready solutions.