What's not working
Enterprise software, built the old way.
Most custom software is still shipped by teams that bolt AI onto a pre-AI process, and pay for it in months, dollars, and rigor.
AI as a side dish
Chatbots and copilots glued onto legacy stacks. The delivery process behind them looks the same as it did before AI existed.
Consulting theatre, not shipped code
Decks, discovery, and discovery about the discovery. The thing that was supposed to ship in Q2 is still a slide in Q4.