
AI Won’t Tell You This: The 5 Ugly Truths About Scaling with Automation
AI vendors love selling the dream: “Flip the switch, and watch efficiency soar!”
But the reality of scaling with automation is far messier—expensive, disruptive, and full of surprises no sales rep will mention. One founder confessed, “We spent $500K on ‘seamless’ AI automation, only to find our team working nights to manually fix its mistakes.” The truth? Automation isn’t magic. It’s a tool—one that can backfire if deployed recklessly. Below, we expose the five ugly truths AI companies won’t warn you about—and how to survive them.