· 4 min · Risk

Procurement note

Red flags in AI pitches

Slide quality is not delivery quality. These flags kill deals in serious procurement rooms — or should.

Immediate discounts on the scorecard

  • “We use the best model.” Which one, under which contract, with which data path?
  • Unlimited accuracy claims. No eval set, no failure cases, no human-in-the-loop budget.
  • Data story as a footnote. If residency and training policy appear only in appendix legalese, walk.
  • No named engineers. Only “pods” and “delivery managers” until SOW signature.

Healthy signals

A thin demo on your data class. A cost model at steady state. A written kill-switch. A single owner for post-launch incidents.

What to do next

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