On Earnings Calls, Big Data Is Out. Execs Have AI On The Brain.

Judging by our analysis of earnings call transcripts, there's only one hyped mega-trend out there that corporate execs are worried about and that's AI. Big data's time in the corporate consciousness is ending. If you weren't already sure, we've now moved past peak big data. After hitting a high in 2015, the mentions by public company executives of the term "big data" on earnings calls has begun to decline. But nature abhors a vacuum so as one tech buzzword declines, another takes its place.