When AI Automation Tools Hit Their Ceiling

AI automation platforms get you 80 percent of the way there fast. The last 20 percent is where most teams discover they have been building on the wrong foundation. Understanding where automation platforms stop performing reliably is more useful than knowing what they can do. Every vendor covers the happy path. Almost nobody covers the ceiling. Key Takeaways The ceiling is architectural, not feature-based: automation platforms fail not because they lack a specific connector but because their exec