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Great article on how San Francisco is leaning in and leveraging its vast wealth of innovative thinkers, tech intensity, and vast learning and funding resources. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce is doing an amazing job embracing the next wave! Rodney Fong Anita LW Huang Katy Brown #Microsoft #AzureAI #Startups #AI

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Hot on the heels of creative solutioning in presales, this post provides a few mental models you can apply during your presales efforts. https://lnkd.in/gjd_G6Tf

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This week, Jeff Skelly, Melissa Miller and I sat down with Julie L. Mohr, John Feldmeier, Jackie Rocca, Ema Patki, Craig Vaughan and Sean Crabtree, who represent various industries and roles, to discuss their perspectives and challenges in adopting AI. We all share a common desire to separate AI hype from reality, so we focused the discussion on creating tangible outcomes for our teams: 1. Quality data is crucial: AI is only as good as your data. Ensuring data integrity and completeness is a prerequisite for meaningful AI-powered experiences. Data quality initiatives and governance will become more critical across our organizations. 2. Experiment to identify use cases with the most productivity gains: For example, when we rolled out Virtual Agents internally, they assisted with 50% of requests in the first month of service. Six months later, we reduced the time it takes to resolve requests by 96%. Start with pilot projects, measure outcomes, and refine your approach based on feedback. 3. Joy, not just productivity: Today, Atlassian AI powers quick summaries, smarter search, custom virtual agents and more to free up time so teams can focus on the strategic and creative aspects of their jobs. While this can help productivity, it increases joyfulness for teams by letting them focus on the more enjoyable parts of their jobs. While this is not linearly measurable, this matters even more over the long run than productivity gains.

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✨ Want to win in this hyper-competitive AI market? ✨ Join me and Poorvi Vijay tomorrow, May 30, at 9.30 am Eastern to discuss how 🦄 How AI companies can emerge amidst the noise and become category-defining leaders 🐼 What GTM channels and strategies will help you win 🐧 How to think about unusual growth levers 🦉 Why the Next Generation of AI companies are Marketing-Led and how to build a winning team Join Us: https://lu.ma/si6nkte3

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Dealmakers think a lot about how AI = (growth or industry disruption) = M&A. But what about their own ways of working? I look forward to a robust discussion next week on how generative AI impacts the business of M&A. #wheredealsaremade

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Steve Jobs✨ One of the things that hurt apple was thinking thinking that a really great idea is 90% of the work. Great Ideas vs. Great Products - Steve Jobs emphasizes that many people have great ideas, but it's the meticulous execution that transforms those ideas into groundbreaking products. #SteveJobs #Innovation #ProductDevelopment #TechInspiration #GreatIdeas #ExecutionMatters

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At Davos 2024, industry leaders sent a clear message: embrace AI or risk falling behind in today's rapidly evolving world. 🚀 AI is not just a trend; it's a transformative force that will shape nearly every aspect of our society. 🤖💼 As IBM CEO Arvind Krishna pointed out, AI will be a significant driver of economic competitiveness, with an estimated $4 trillion in productivity gains by the end of the decade. 📈💰 This is a wake-up call for businesses and professionals alike. We must be proactive in understanding and adopting AI to stay ahead of the curve and reap the benefits of this powerful technology. 💪📚 If you're wondering how AI can benefit your business, our latest blog post, "7 Ways Predictive And Generative AI Can Benefit Your Business," is a must-read! 📑 Click the link below to discover how you can harness the power of AI to drive growth, increase efficiency, and stay competitive in your industry. 🔗7 Ways Predictive And Generative AI Can Benefit Your Business https://lnkd.in/gPH-ywpf #DataScience #InnovationTechnology #FutureOfWork

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Interesting point of view on Apple's approach to AI. I believe that Apple approach is pretty thoughtful for the consumer space (that is generally grossly overhyped). I strongly believe that the real next frontier for LLM value creation is in developing LLMs for enterprise use cases that offer concrete practical value. This is very much an (yet) unsolved area! #GenerativeAI #largelanguagemodels #artificialintelligence #airevolution

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This is a worthwhile overview on the bets Satya Nadella has made at Microsoft. His overarching them has been that with AI, every old fight and every old bet the Microsoft has made was back on the table, is paying off. He's made some big bets, including in OpenAI. A few didn't pay off, and a few more are still up in the air. He's successfully put Alphabet Inc./Google back on it's heals. He's forced Cisco to step up their security game. It's fascinating to see how he's revitalized the company and made it relevent again while building its resiliency to weather a few failures along the way. #Microsoft #satyanadella #ai #innovation #competition #technology https://lnkd.in/e7ssR6JM

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Have you ever heard of a $20 cup of coffee? The Ain't Normal Cafe in Oakland is serving up just that. This reminded me of Madhavan Ramanujam's talk on value-based pricing. He asks the audience if they like coffee, then how about at $20 to reinforce the idea. According to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, there's one lingering question: Can a $20 cup of coffee ever be worth it? Well, that depends on who you ask :) Check out the article and let us know your thoughts! #Pricing #ValueBasedPricing #Coffee #AintNormalCafe

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Explore our four-part series of the top most viewed and highly-rated Gartner webinars that focus on four key parts to the GenAI strategic journey: ✅ Vision ✅ Value ✅ Risk ✅ Adoption Tune in now: https://gtnr.it/3L2b2Sc #GenerativeAI #GenAI #Leadership #Webinar

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For most “AI investing” it’s important to remember that AI is an enabling technology, not an industry segment itself. The underlying business fundamentals (industry, business model, unit economics, etc) of any startup are what drive enterprise value, and as a VC it's important to remain disciplined on the fundamentals when approaching deal making that involves any disruptive technology, like AI. Some of our thinking at 186 Ventures surrounding what we are seeing related to AI related deal making is highlighted in this PitchBook piece. Thanks for taking the time to chat Jacob Robbins!

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While there is clear interest in enhancing existing products with generative AI, the revenue model for tech general managers is unclear. Leverage one of these 6 GenAI pricing models to test the tolerance for monetization in your market. Gartner for High Tech | #GeneralManager #Tech #GenAI #AI #GartnerHT

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From MIT at 15 to pioneering AI in customer support, Liz Tsai of of HiOperator is redefining how we think about customer interactions. Leveraging AI in customer support doesn't mean losing the personal touch. HiOperator’s solutions ensure that every customer interaction is as genuine as it is swift. #CustomerSuccess #CX #Customerservice #AI #CX #GenAI

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Great blog post by Bryon Jacob on AI agents, and how they can be deployed to "collaborate" in solving a complex goal-oriented problem. Our AI Context Engine is deployed as an Agent, to provide accurate and explainable answers to trusted data! https://data.world/ai

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Explore our four-part series of the top most viewed and highly-rated Gartner webinars that focus on four key parts to the GenAI strategic journey: ✅ Vision ✅ Value ✅ Risk ✅ Adoption Tune in now: https://gtnr.it/3RIGKb6 #GenerativeAI #GenAI #Leadership #Webinar

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Come see me debut my talk: "GenAI: A New Renaissance in Product Development" at this Product Tank meetup on May 2nd at 6:30 in NYC. There will be two other FANTASTIC lightning talks as well by Felicia Schwartz and Jim Thomson under the overall theme of Product Management in the age of AI. These are fascinating times ahead. Looking forward to learning and workshopping together to make the most out of it. (link in first comment)

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The Future of Generative Interfaces by John Milinovich The potential impact of AI-generated interfaces extends far beyond creative industries: Healthcare: Imagine medical imaging software that generates custom analysis tools based on the specific attributes of a patient's scan. Education: Learning platforms could create personalized interfaces that adapt to each student's learning style and progress. Finance: Trading platforms could generate custom analysis tools based on market conditions and individual trading strategies. etc https://lnkd.in/gnPh_nwX

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My quick thoughts about the pent-up innovation inside the enterprise that is set to explode with those who make GenAI a priority. This video was in support of a great article from Brett A. Hurt around the same topic. You can read that here: https://lnkd.in/gwBBbX4M https://lnkd.in/gvDyRKZN

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