AISWITCH research found 70% of GenAI failures in large enterprises result from poor partner selections. In the fast-moving landscape filled with hyperscale’s, foundation model providers and AI tooling startups, the CEO must make partner selection a board-level conversation.

The partner decision is not about choosing what’s popular, it’s about choosing what fits. The right partners will enable scale, innovation and governance. The wrong ones may lead to cost overruns, deep culture conflicts, avoidable frictions, expensive legal and compliance breaches or inflexible architecture and vendor lock-ins.