Achieving AI Success: A Pragmatic Focus on Outcomes Over Hype

Achieving AI Success: A Pragmatic Focus on Outcomes Over Hype

Published: February 16, 2026

Duration: 23:40

In this week’s One Vision Podcast, we welcome back Sandeep Mangaraj, now co-founder of Aileron Group, to discuss lessons from building a company in a crowded AI market and why AI success is more about people and process than technology. 


The conversation covers executives rushing into GenAI due to FOMO, the importance of starting with desired outcomes rather than applying GenAI everywhere, and why mid-market institutions may benefit from faster time-to-decision, less technical debt, and faster learning cycles. 


The key question is whether firms can afford the downside of waiting. And the answ...