More than a year after the launch of ChatGPT, companies are still facing the same question when they first considered the technology: How do they actually go about putting it into business use? Many companies have simply discovered that generative AI tools like LLMs, while impressive, aren’t plug and play. Companies should consider a few suggestions when thinking of whether and how to onboard these tools: 1) choose performance over novelty, 2) combine GenAI with tools like vector databases, 3) never forget the human-in-the-loop, 4) trace your data, and 5) have realistic expectations.