Deciding Between AI-Enhanced and AI-First Business Processes

The business world is buzzing with AI experimentation. However, a structured approach for moving from experimentation to production, although necessary, is often lacking, which hinders AI’s transformative potential. This article introduces a decision-support framework, implemented as a decision tree, to help executives mitigate the risks associated with decisions relating to moving AI experiments to production, focusing on whether to enhance existing business processes with AI or redesign them as AI-first.

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Yearend Thoughts on Enterprise AI

The biggest venture financing rounds during 2024 involved AI companies. Reviewing the characteristics of such financing rounds, combined with the performance of our portfolio startups, and our firm’s corporate advisory AI projects (completed and ongoing), I worry that venture investors expect corporate AI adoption will be fast and large-scale. In contrast, corporate AI spending, though growing, is more measured than VCs predict.

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How Enterprises Can Find Value With Generative AI

Enterprises use several different technologies, including AI, to automate their processes and create value. They are currently experimenting with generative AI to determine whether it can provide significant and enduring value. Is the enterprise’s excitement about generative AI justified? Is the size of the investments being made and planned warranted? What is their strategy missing and should be in their action plan?

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