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The Modern AI Application Stack

A Technical Guide for Enterprise Leaders

A comprehensive guide to building production-ready AI applications. Learn the architecture patterns, infrastructure requirements, and best practices used by leading enterprises to move from AI pilots to production-grade solutions.

What You'll Learn

  • Reference architecture for enterprise AI applications
  • Infrastructure patterns that scale from POC to production
  • Security, governance, and compliance considerations
  • Real-world lessons from Fortune 500 deployments
  • Build vs. buy decision frameworks
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THE EXECUTION GAP
95%

of organizations are getting zero return from GenAI investment

Source: MIT NANDA, State of AI in Business 2025

★ THE BOTTLENECK

It's not the model. It's the stack.

Most AI pilots fail not because of the technology, but because organizations underestimate the infrastructure required to run AI at scale.

  • Model gateways & routing
  • Context & retrieval systems
  • Tool orchestration & durability
  • Evaluation & improvement loops
  • Safety & governance layers

What's Inside This Whitepaper

A comprehensive blueprint covering every layer of production AI architecture

REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE
13-Layer Production AI Stack
INTERFACE User-facing & governance
12Experimentation
13Governance
INTELLIGENCE AI capabilities & reasoning
9Safety & Guardrails
10Prompt Design
11Evaluation
CORE Model services & orchestration
5Memory
6Tools
7Orchestration
8Model Gateway
FOUNDATION Infrastructure & data
1Interaction & Control
2Infrastructure
3Data Pipeline
4Business Context
FoundationCoreIntelligenceInterface

Each section includes architecture patterns, technology recommendations, and lessons from real implementations.

Who Should Read This

Built for technical leaders navigating the AI infrastructure landscape

CTOs & VPs of Engineering

Evaluating AI infrastructure decisions and build vs. buy trade-offs

Data Science Leaders

Moving from experimentation to production-grade AI systems

Enterprise Architects

Designing scalable AI systems that integrate with existing infrastructure

Technical Decision Makers

Navigating vendor selection and the rapidly evolving AI landscape

Key Topics Covered

01

Foundation & Infrastructure

  • Task-focused UIs vs. chat interfaces
  • Human-in-the-loop by design
  • Database portfolio strategy (OLTP, OLAP, Vector, Graph)
  • Business context and semantic modeling
02

Core Services & Orchestration

  • Memory architectures per use case
  • MCP servers and tool integration patterns
  • Durable execution with Temporal/DBOS
  • Model gateway and semantic caching
03

Intelligence & Safety

  • Layered safety systems and guardrails
  • Prompts as versioned, testable artifacts
  • Evaluation frameworks and golden datasets
  • Online vs. offline monitoring strategies
04

Governance & Improvement

  • A/B testing prompts and model swapping
  • Fine-tuning readiness and data bootstrapping
  • AI Center of Excellence operating model
  • Security, compliance, and audit patterns

Why Download This Whitepaper?

Actionable Insights

No fluff—practical frameworks you can apply immediately.

Real-World Examples

Based on actual enterprise AI implementations.

Expert Perspective

Written by practitioners, not theorists.

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