Generative AI consulting services: strategy and ROI guide for B2B operators

Generative AI Consulting Services: Strategy, Cost, ROI

The most common reason a generative AI proof-of-concept fails to reach production has nothing to do with the model. It is a sequencing mistake: teams build the retrieval pipeline before anyone has agreed on what “correct” means. There is no accuracy threshold, no agreed evaluation set, and no defined pass/fail criterion. The PoC produces output. The output looks plausible. Then it goes to a domain expert who finds edge cases the demo never surfaced, and the project enters a revision cycle that has no natural end. ...

May 20, 2026 · 18 min · Arsum Editorial Team