๐—จ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ โ€œ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป

Since Halloween just happened, itโ€™s the perfect time to talk about the โ€œ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌโ€ some AI vendors wear to create the illusion of proprietary solutions.

Just like those ghosts in white sheets and haphazard eyeholes, weโ€™re all seeing vendors โ€œ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉโ€ their products like LangChain and stating that they can โ€œ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐žโ€, to drive agentic enterprise AI Agents.

This is similar to what was seen a couple of years ago where companies used graphical interfaces โ€œ๐ฐ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€ over frameworks like Microsoftโ€™s Chatbot, to sell you โ€œ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐›๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€.

While it may look like a unique creation on the outside, beneath the surface, itโ€™s often just a wrapper ๐Ÿ‘ป on a pre-existing framework they donโ€™t even own.

Real innovation drives progress and focuses on solving specific challenges through genuine, adaptable technology. But for companies just selling wrappers, itโ€™s clear theyโ€™re not committed to being true business partners.

In an era of AI hype, itโ€™s crucial to understand when a vendor is simply wearing a โ€œcostumeโ€ instead of providing the real, dynamic solutions companies need.

โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’“๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…, ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ.โ€
โ€“ ๐‘ซ๐’๐’–๐’ˆ ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’

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Doug Shannon

Doug Shannon, a top 50 global leader in intelligent automation, shares regular insights from his 20+ years of experience in digital transformation, AI, and self-healing automation solutions for enterprise success.