How Leaders Close the Execution Gap in Modern AI Deployment - with Sam Mantle of Lingaro

Enterprise AI investment keeps stalling before it reaches measurable business impact, and the reason is rarely the technology itself. In this episode, Sam Mantle, CEO at Lingaro, unpacks why data quality and ownership, not model capability, determine whether a pilot scales into something a CFO will call a win. The conversation covers how to diagnose a pilot headed for "pilot purgatory," a real-world example of using AI to resolve data-quality issues at scale, and the one practical step leaders can take this week to move from AI experimentation to impact. ​ This episode is sponsored by Lingaro. ​ In this episode, we cover why enterprise AI pilots stall before delivering measurable business impact, and what it takes to build the data foundation that lets AI scale. Learn how venture funding and CEO perspectives can reveal real AI trends. Download the free report, "3 Ways to Discover AI Trends in Any Sector," at emerj.com/ait2