A TinyCTO.tv Hype Stack technical parable about AI roadmap, missing data foundation, sequencing. Sequence data foundations and operating ownership before scaling dependent AI features.
# Episode 145 — The AI Roadmap Had No Data Lane — Script
## Concept AI roadmap;missing data foundation;sequencing
## Hype promise The enterprise can scale AI value by standardizing pilots, dashboards, and governance ceremonies.
## System reality The AI roadmap schedules assistants, agents, and personalization before data ownership, quality, access, and lineage work.
Risk approval is not risk ownership unless the decision is tied to people who can act when the risk becomes real.