Agentic AI: Failures to AI That Works

GenAI Montréal @ Botpress
When AI Agents Fail — And What Actually Makes Them Work
GenAI Montréal is back with a special edition hosted at Botpress HQ, in partnership with Botpress and McGill AI Society.
This evening focuses on a simple but uncomfortable truth:
Most AI agents fail in production.
Not because the models aren’t powerful.
But because the system around them isn’t built to make them reliable.
We’ll explore what actually works when moving from demos to real-world autonomous systems.

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## Evening Schedule — March 17

Botpress — 6:00 PM Doors Open

### 6:00 PM — Arrival & Networking

Light food & drinks
Meet members from GenAI Montréal, Botpress, and McGill AI Society

### ️ 6:30 PM — Welcome

• Introduction to GenAI Montréal
• A word from Botpress
• McGill AI Society introduction
• Overview of the evening

### 6:45 PM — Talks Begin

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## Speaker #1

Michael Masson
CTO, Botpress
(Full bio coming soon)

### Talk

We Built the Engine That Makes AI Agents Actually Work
Abstract
We didn’t set out to rethink how AI agents work.
We just kept watching them fail in the same place, over and over.
This talk is the story of what was discovered, what was rebuilt, and why it changes what’s actually possible with autonomous AI systems.
Instead of chasing smarter models, this session explores:

• Where agents systematically break in real-world usage
• The architectural patterns that prevent repeated failure
• What it really takes to move from agent demos to production systems
• Why infrastructure and orchestration matter more than most teams realize

A behind-the-scenes look at building agent systems that don’t just impress—but operate reliably.

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## Speaker #2

Coming Soon
A second speaker will be announced shortly.

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## Who Should Attend?

• AI engineers building agent systems
• Developers working with LLM frameworks
• Product & tech leads moving AI to production
• McGill students interested in real-world AI engineering
• Anyone curious about what separates working AI systems from hype

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## Partners

Botpress — One of Montréal’s leading AI agent platforms
McGill AI Society — Connecting students with real-world AI innovation
Botpress works closely with McGill talent, including many interns from the university—making this meetup a natural bridge between industry and academia.

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## About GenAI Montréal

GenAI Montréal is a 1,100+ member community organizing monthly in-person meetups focused on deep-tech, production-grade generative AI—from agent orchestration to agent infrastructure and beyond.
Join us for an evening grounded in reality:
What breaks. What scales. And what actually works.