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🚨 AI adoption is exploding—but impact isn’t.   Enterprises have embraced GenAI with energy and ambition. But here’s the truth no one wants to admit: 🔹 90% of projects never make it past pilot. 🔹 Most fail to show measurable ROI. 🔹 Leaders are stuck in a loop of experimentation without scale.   At Blend, we saw this pattern repeat across industries and clients. So we asked ourselves: What’s really getting in the way of enterprise AI success?   Today, we’re sharing the answer: The Critical 7. A new framework built from the frontlines of AI transformation. 🧭 These are the 7 biggest barriers standing between your organization and GenAI impact—rooted in real client work, not theory. 💡 This isn’t a hype piece. It’s a practical guide for unlocking business value. 📘 And it’s live today.   Why now? Because GenAI isn’t slowing down. And your ability to scale it—intentionally, responsibly, and boldly—will define your next era of growth.   Watch the launch video. Download the eBook. Share with your teams.   Let’s move beyond pilots—together. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQR_WB7f   #Critical7 #GenAI #AITransformation #EnterpriseAI #BlendAI #ScalingAI #BusinessImpact

🚨 90% of AI POCs never scale. Most get stuck in what we call "pilot purgatory" — exciting experiments that never evolve into business-changing impact. It’s rarely a tech problem. More often, it’s a people, process, or priority problem. That’s why we created The Critical 7 — a guide to the seven biggest blockers that keep enterprise AI from scaling, and what to do about them. If you're leading AI transformation and tired of stalled pilots and overpromised platforms, this one's for you. Now is the time to scale AI the right way: https://lnkd.in/gR_Stv68 #Critical7 #ScaleAI #EnterpriseAI

Fortune 500 companies are getting this right with AI — and it’s not just about the tech. Live from Bogotá, Ozgur Dogan, Blend's President of Solutions & Service Lines, is diving into the barriers that separate AI pilots from enterprise-scale impact. Enterprise teams that use the Critical 7 framework are 4x more likely to scale their AI efforts. Why? Because they address the root blockers most teams overlook: misaligned incentives, lack of trust, weak value tracking, and more. At Blend, we’re helping leaders shift from experimentation to execution — unlocking AI’s full potential through people, structure, and strategy. 🔗 Explore the Critical 7: https://lnkd.in/gQR_WB7f #EnterpriseAI #AIatScale #Critical7

"Everything that creates value also creates risk." – Rob Fuller, Chief Solutions Officer at Blend Investing in AI is risky. But not investing in it? Even riskier. The stakes are high—and with 90% of AI projects failing to scale, it’s clear that ambition alone isn’t enough. You need a framework. At Blend, we’ve identified the Critical 7—the seven most common challenges that derail AI initiatives and the strategies successful companies use to overcome them. 📘 Our upcoming eBook dives deeper into how to navigate AI risk intelligently—by aligning tech with business value, enabling change, and building trust. This carousel is your preview. 👀 Swipe through—and stay tuned for more. #ScalingAI #EnterpriseAI #Critical7 #Blend360

AI tools are now empowering non-technical and technical folks alike to build apps, not just dream them up — and Jesse Michael Fagan, PhD Fagan’s #ApprilChallenge is a perfect example of that shift. 🙌 We love seeing creative, low-pressure ways to build GenAI fluency across teams. Who else is joining in?

📺 WATCH: In an era of economic uncertainty, financial services leaders are grappling with a critical question: how do you stay competitive while markets remain volatile? Alex Sion Sion, Blend’s Financial Services Vertical Leader, tackled that challenge head-on in a feature interview on NYSE.TV's Kristen Scholer— and shared how AI can be the unlock. In the interview, Alex lays out a compelling case for why now is the time to invest in long-term AI transformation: "AI is the largest transformation of this age" — and it's not optional. Even amid market fluctuations, AI enables firms to "drive efficiencies and long-term transformation." He’s especially bullish on cards/networks/processors and wealth/asset management as prime sectors for disruption and growth. As Alex puts it: “All large companies are going to be transformed by AI.” And at Blend, we're helping Fortune 1000 financial services companies lead that change. #FinancialServices #AITransformation #WealthManagement #PaymentProcessing #FinTech #Blend360

🎉 Blend Uruguay is officially a Great Place to Work® en Uruguay — and we're proud to be ranked #13 on the 2025 list! 🇺🇾 This recognition is a reflection of our people-first culture, our passion for innovation, and our unwavering belief in the power of teams. As Maximo Gurmendez, SVP Engineering – LATAM Lead, said: "“From this corner of the world, we embrace a mindset of innovation, using advanced tools and fresh perspectives to tackle challenges that have yet to be solved. We trust our talent to explore uncharted territories in data and AI, delivering remarkable solutions for our clients. For us, being a Great Place to Work is about staying inspired, pushing boundaries, and creating meaningful connections that drive growth.” 📽️ Watch the highlights from the recent Great Place to Work event, where we celebrated this incredible milestone alongside some of Uruguay’s top companies. To our incredible team in Montevideo: thank you for making Blend a place where people and potential thrive. Read more about this achievement: https://lnkd.in/gziJYM42 #GreatPlaceToWork #GreatPlaceToWorkUruguay #CareersInAI

For supply chain leaders, AI often feels like both a promise and a puzzle. You’ve heard the hype: GenAI, Agentic AI, autonomous everything. But on the ground, you’re still buried in fragmented data, opaque forecasts, and manual processes that eat up time and margin. The truth? You don’t need a full-scale transformation to see results. You need trust—in your data, your models, and the insights guiding your teams. At Blend, we’ve identified three pressure points where AI can deliver value today: • Harmonizing messy data, • Explaining the why behind the forecast, • And automating repeatable, high-friction workflows. Scott Nuernberger, SVP of Data Science at Blend, breaks it down for leaders who are ready to cut through the noise and move from promise to impact. 📖 Start here: https://lnkd.in/ervZyq4e #SupplyChainLeadership #AIinSupplyChain #GenAI #AgenticAI #DigitalTransformation #TrustInAI

Blend is thrilled to announce that we have achieved Databricks Consulting Partner Select Status for 2025! This is a huge milestone for our partnership and comes after 12 months of working closely together. Some of Blend’s standout moments include: • Attending Databricks' Data & AI Summit and Partner Kickoff • Sharing a joint speaking slot at the Blend EMEA Summit • We’re also proud about the success of our Databricks solutions, which include Scoutbot on Genie With so many highlights behind us, we’re looking to the future as we continue to grow alongside Databricks and work together to deliver meaningful value for our clients. Learn more about this new status here: https://lnkd.in/g3RThHRT Learn more about Scoutbot here: https://lnkd.in/gbb9YWzb A huge thanks to all the team who contributed, but in particular to our champions at Databricks who have supported us as we navigate their ecosystem– Bryan Smith Shiv Trisal Ivo Everts Paul Reynolds Courtney Bennett (Jucht) Chelsea Weintraub #DatabricksPartner #DatabricksSelect #AIConsulting

AI isn’t magic. It’s hard work and strategy. We get it—everyone’s testing generative AI, building prototypes, and dreaming big. But turning those cool ideas into something real, scalable, and actually valuable? That’s the hard part. Here’s a practical framework for scaling AI from pilot to production. It breaks down what it really takes to make AI work at enterprise level—beyond the hype. Spoiler: it’s not about throwing more tech at the problem. It’s about people, priorities, and making sure AI delivers results (not just dashboards). If your company is stuck in pilot mode or wants to make smarter, faster progress with AI, this Blend framework is worth the read: