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Opinion

February 17, 2026

AI is about to hit a wall — and it’s not because of compute

AI is moving into production faster than companies are building the systems to keep it reliable. It's a big risk for enterprises

Salma Bakouk

4 min read

Europe is entering the AI production era, when budgets shift from experimentation to systems that run the business.

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