Can AI finally bridge the 30-year gap between IT and OT?

In this episode of the Zero-in podcast, host Olivier Bloch sits down with Adam Bogobowicz (Microsoft) and Marvin Tansley (Thing-Zero) to discuss the reality of AI in manufacturing.

While everyone "wants" AI, very few companies understand how to merge the precision of the factory floor (OT) with the scale of the cloud (IT).

During the conversation, we zero-in on four key subjects:

- The Frontier Company: What separates leaders from laggards in the AI era

- Pilot Purgatory: Why industrial AI projects stall and how to focus on ROI

- Agentic AI: Moving beyond chatbots to proactive, autonomous systems.

- The Security Guardrails: How to maintain safety while giving AI agency.

AI isn't the panacea; it’s the tool. The real magic happens when you ground AI in the context of your people, your processes, and your business rules.

Chapters:

0:00 The "Don't" of Frontier Companies

0:17 Introduction: The IT vs. OT Problem

1:49 Meet the Experts

3:21 The Goal: Better Decision Making

5:19 The Blockers: Scaling Beyond the Dashboard

6:50 The Clash of Cultures

9:12 Governing at Scale

13:07 Escaping Pilot Purgatory

15:42 Context is King

18:49 The Secret Ingredients for Success

22:08 Replicability as a Strategy

23:54 Demystifying Agentic AI

27:02 Trust, Risk, and the Human in the Loop

32:34 Deterministic vs. Statistical Models

36:22 Closing Advice: Don't Lead with AI

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