AI Agents Sound Slick in Demos – But They'll Implode in Production Without This Fix
Ever watched an AI agent dazzle in a demo, only to wonder why it flakes out when real money's on the line? Here's the dirty secret Silicon Valley won't tell you.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Demos dazzle, but production AI agents fail without harness engineering like timeouts and fallbacks.
- Follow the money: Tool providers profit while agent builders bleed on errors.
- Prediction: 80% of agent startups bust by 2026 without strong guardrails.
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Originally reported by Towards AI
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