How "Frontier Companies" are Scaling AI on the Factory Floor

Can AI finally bridge the 30-year gap between IT and OT? In this episode of the Zero-in podcast, host Olivier Bloch sits down with Adam Bogobowicz (Microsoft) and Marvin Tansley (Thing-Zero) to discuss the reality of AI in manufacturing. While everyone "wants" AI, very few companies understand how to merge the precision of the factory floor (OT) with the scale of the cloud (IT).During the conversation, we zero-in on four key subjects: - The Frontier Company: What separates leaders from laggards in the AI era- Pilot Purgatory: Why industrial AI projects stall and how to focus on ROI- Agentic AI: Moving beyond chatbots to proactive, autonomous systems.- The Security Guardrails: How to maintain safety while giving AI agency.AI isn't the panacea; it’s the tool. The real magic happens when you ground AI in the context of your people, your processes, and your business rules.Chapters: 0:00 The "Don't" of Frontier Companies0:17 Introduction: The IT vs. OT Problem1:49 Meet the Experts3:21 The Goal: Better Decision Making5:19 The Blockers: Scaling Beyond the Dashboard6:50 The Clash of Cultures9:12 Governing at Scale13:07 Escaping Pilot Purgatory15:42 Context is King18:49 The Secret Ingredients for Success22:08 Replicability as a Strategy23:54 Demystifying Agentic AI27:02 Trust, Risk, and the Human in the Loop32:34 Deterministic vs. Statistical Models36:22 Closing Advice: Don't Lead with AI🎧 Brought to you by Thing-Zero — Secure. Predict. Augment. Automate.📌 Follow Adam Bogobowicz on LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/adambogobowicz/📌 Follow Olivier Bloch on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivierbloch/📌 Follow Marvin Tansley on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvin-tansley-a914551/Follow Thing-Zero on:- YouTube: YouTube.com/@Thing-Zero - Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/thing-zero - 𝕏: https://x.com/ThingZ96954- Web: https://www.Thing-Zero.com #Microsoft #AI #manufacturing