What Makes a Company Successful at Using AI?

Vistra, a major U.S. power producer, had a problem. For its plants to operate efficiently, workers had to continuously monitor hundreds of different indicators, tracking temperatures, pressures, oxygen levels, and pump and fan speeds -- and they had to make adjustments in real time. The process involved a huge amount of complexity, and it was too much for even the most skilled operator to get right all the time. To address this challenge, the plant installed an AI-powered tool -- a heat-rate optimizer -- that analyzed hundreds of inputs and generated recommendations every 30 minutes. That may not sound like much, but it translates into millions in savings as well as lower greenhouse gas emissions.