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Agent Sandbox to Production: Five Gates That Survive a Quarterly Business Review

A fraud agent that clears five gates in the sandbox still fails QBR if promotion skips ownership, eval, economics, rollback, or retirement.

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Souriya Khaosanga
Jul 19, 2026
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Agent Sandbox to Production: Five Gates That Survive a Quarterly Business Review

Executive Summary

Lena Park, Director of AI Innovation, had a fraud agent demo that saved $4M on a slide—and a production promotion that died in risk review because nobody owned the P&L, the eval scorecard, or the rollback bundle. Marcus Reid, CRO, blocked it. Jordan Hale, CFO, would not fund what he could not price per case. When Lena's team ran five no…

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