Your AI Pilot Worked. Now What? Why Enterprise AI Dies Before Production

In this episode of the Localization Fireside Chat, Robin Ayoub sits down with Omid Pakseresht, founder and CEO of GOODFOLIO, a London-based AI venture studio that builds and deploys specialised AI systems directly into enterprise workflows across financial compliance, strategic intelligence, retail AI, and neurological diagnostics. Omid arrived in the UK from Iran at 16, studied mathematics at Oxford, worked as a quantitative analyst at Record Currency Management, and founded TransferGuru before spending the last decade building enterprise AI products. He co-founded GOODFOLIO with his brother, combining product and commercial expertise with deep academic and deployment experience in AI. In this conversation, Robin and Omid unpack why AI keeps failing to get out of the pilot stage, what the real blockers are inside large organizations, and how the language services industry should be thinking about AI adoption right now. Topics covered include the pilot-to-production gap, governance as a capability rather than a process, AI fatigue and employee resistance, multilingual and multi-jurisdiction compliance AI with FinSpector, the difference between human in the loop and human as gateway, and whether AI can ever replace serendipity. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6WK_2QgWmLM Connect with Omid Pakseresht on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omidpakseresht/ GOODFOLIO: https://www.goodfolio.com/ Connect with Robin Ayoub on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/ Robin Ayoub Blog: https://www.robinayoub.blog N49Networks: https://www.n49networks.com Book a 30-minute virtual coffee with Robin: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/30min Book a podcast recording: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recording CreditsHost: Robin Ayoub, Founder, Localization Fireside ChatConnect and watch moreWebsite: www.L10NFiresideChat.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5OoURgc29R31XPGzOWL9iXBe a guest: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/localization-fireside-chat-podcast-recordingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinayoub/Support the showShare the episode with a friend. Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify. Leave a short review.DisclaimerViews are for education and discussion. Apply judgment in your own context.Tags#L10NFiresideChat #localization #hiring #recruiting #leadership #ai Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.