How to Get Ahead of the A.I. Curve in 2017

As part of my research on the year ahead, I embarked on a series, 20.17 Big Ideas for 2017, to ask a number of my favorite award-winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders -- as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts -- to recommend one "Big Idea" that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2017. One of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for this series was John Frankel, Principal at ffVC. Frankel, who founded ffVC in 2008 after having been a seed-stage and early-stage investor since the late '90s, has led investments in more than 80 companies, including such success stories as Indiegogo, Plated, and 500px. Frankel's big idea for 2017: while software might be eating the world, AI is eating software. How can the typical company get ahead of the AI curve?