Internal builds fail twice as often as external partnerships. Let that sink in. Despite this crystal-clear data, organizations continue to believe they can build better AI tools internally than companies whose entire existence depends on getting AI right.
The success rates tell the whole story: 66% of external partnerships reach successful deployment, compared to just 33% of internal builds. This isn’t a small statistical variance—it’s a massacre. Yet organizations continue to pour resources into internal development, driven by a toxic combination of ego, ignorance, and the sunk cost fallacy.
Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.
