AI Architecture in 2026: The Stack That Actually...

Everyone is deploying AI. Few are deploying it correctly. After designing AI architectures for 50+ organizations across Europe and North America, here's what separates production-grade systems from expensive prototypes. The 4-Layer Architecture That Works Layer 1: Orchestration LLM orchestration is where most projects fail. The common mistake is treating the LLM as a black box that handles everything. In production, you need deterministic routing between LLM calls, structured output validation,