How much of the AI boom is real?

Paul Bates, co-founder and Director at Uptiq, spent over two decades in tech and he's cutting through the hype. In this episode we get into why 70-90% of "AI" projects are really just automation, how companies are slashing cloud costs by 90% through app modernization, and why private AI models are becoming the enterprise default.

We also talk about scaling a tech services business, data sovereignty, the hidden costs nobody plans for, and why trust is the only thing that actually closes deals in consulting.

Practical, honest, and zero fluff.