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What should you actually look for when hiring an AI development company?

Thinking about this lately — as more businesses want to build custom AI, the number of agencies claiming to "do AI" has exploded.
But there's a huge difference between a team that can build a ChatGPT wrapper and a team that can ship a reliable production system.

For anyone who's hired or evaluated an AI development company before — what actually mattered when choosing?
A few things I'm wondering:

Do you prioritize industry experience or technical depth?
How do you evaluate if they can actually handle production, not just demos?

Has anyone had a bad experience with an AI agency? What went wrong?

Drop your thoughts below

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