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Pilots and demos
A tailored demo cost a week of engineering, so most prospects got the generic one. At an afternoon, every serious prospect gets their own.
September 4, 2026
The generic demo existed because the specific one was too expensive. Building an environment around the prospect’s own workflow, vocabulary, and data took a solutions engineer a week, so it was reserved for the biggest deals.
When it takes an afternoon, every serious prospect gets one, and the demo becomes a preview of what their Tuesday looks like after they buy. The pilot stops being a trial and becomes the first two weeks of onboarding, run early.
The trap is obvious in hindsight. A tailored demo is now cheap to produce, so it no longer proves you understand them. Only the conversation around it does.