As an increasing number of organizations drive AI-powered digital transformation, several key trends in operationalizing AI are emerging. Growth leaders are separating themselves from growth laggards by using AI and machine learning (ML) in modern application development. Below are some statistics provided by 451 Research: Leaders invest in models for digital transformation: More than half the digital transformation leaders adopted ML compared to less than 25 percent of laggards. Furthermore, 62 percent of enterprises are developing their own models. Prevalence of DevOps increases the demand for automation: 94 percent of enterprise companies have now adopted DevOps. Models are becoming integral to the development of enterprise apps—requiring continuous, synchronized and automated development and deployment lifecycles. Data science and DevOps/app teams collaborate more: In 33 percent of enterprises, the data science/data analytics team is the primary DevOps stakeholder. An increasing number of application developers are becoming interested in data science and AI, and many have already learned the fundamentals…