Why AI Agents Fail: Learn How to Get Them Production Ready

Hosted by Dr Ankur Narang and Kush Khurana

Tue, Jun 30, 2026

3:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

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Build Production AI Agents for 10x-100x ROI
Dr Ankur Narang, Kush Khurana, and Dr Aveek Brahmachari
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What you'll learn

Why many AI agent prototypes fail in real production env

Identify the key failure points that stop AI agents from becoming reliable production systems

How to design production agentic workflows

How to design agentic workflows using tools, memory, planning, and human-in-the-loop control

How to think about reliability, and deployment readiness

Assess readiness across reliability, ownership, deployment risks, user adoption, and measurable business impact.

Learn when open-weight models, Kimi, can deliver quality o/p

Understand when open-weight models like Kimi can match production needs through evals, tools, and orchestration.

Why this topic matters

By the end of this session, you will have a clear framework for understanding why AI agents fail and what it takes to make them production-ready. You will also learn how to evaluate AI agent ideas from the perspective of technical architecture, workflow reliability, user adoption, and business impact.

You'll learn from

Dr Ankur Narang

Dr. Ankur Narang brings 30+ yrs exp in AI, Tech across MNCs & many verticals

Dr. Ankur Narang is the Founder of DeepCoreX Labs and brings 30+ years of experience across AI, technology leadership, venture building, enterprise transformation, and applied R&D. He has held senior AI and technology roles across research labs, startups, and large enterprises, and has worked on AI systems, decision science, agentic workflows, and deeptech venture creation.

Kush Khurana

AI & ML leader; Venture Partner, DeepCoreX; Ashoka faculty

Kush Khurana is an AI/ML leader, Venture Partner at DeepCoreX, and Visiting Professor at Ashoka University. He has 12+ years of experience building production AI systems, leading technical teams, and shaping AI-native products. He works with founders and learners to turn frontier AI and deep-tech ideas into practical, scalable systems.

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