What Happens When You Stop Building for Demos and Start Building for Real Work

An insightful conversation with Vitaliy Baklikov, CTO of Skyward IT Solutions, exploring the critical shift from building impressive prototypes to deploying production-ready AI systems. Discover how Skyward is breaking through the "demo trap" that plagues government technology, delivering real solutions that handle millions of actual transactions rather than polished presentations. Learn about the practical challenges of implementing AI agents in federal environments, the importance of compliance-first architecture, and why real-world testing beats staged demonstrations every time.