Data Apps and the Natural Maturation of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven its ability to re-invent key business processes, dis-intermediate customer relationships, and transform industry value chains. We only need to check out the market capitalization of the world's leading data monetization companies in Figure 1 – and their accelerating growth of intangible intelligence assets – to understand that this AI Revolution is truly a game-changer! Unfortunately, this AI revolution has only occurred for the high priesthood of Innovator and Early Adopter organizations that can afford to invest in expensive AI and Big Data Engineers who can "roll their own" AI-infused business solutions. Technology vendors have a unique opportunity to transform how they serve their customers. They can leverage AI / ML to transition from product-centric vendor relationships, to value-based relationships where they own more and more of their customers' business and operational success… and can participate in (and profit from) those successes.