Each firm needs to be a platform firm — however not all will be. 

This week, we discuss the buyer and enterprise platforms you ought to be listening to. We additionally share generative AI adoption stats, in addition to AI stack maps and methods that groups ought to use when coping with the a whole lot (or hundreds?) of distributors coming at them each day.

This week we additionally talk about:

• Knowledge administration: We have a look at a new paper from Wes McKinney and Bruno presents his take that we’re getting into an period the place composability will turn into the implementers’ norm, openness the builders’ ‘value of entry’ and simplification the consumers’ requirement. 
• The way to make it straightforward for purchasers to purchase: Product positioning authority April Dunford does it once more with a brand new guide, Gross sales Pitch: The way to Craft a Story to Stand Out and Win.
• How HSBC elevated compute by 10X and decreased price by greater than 50%.

The CarCast additionally consists of extras together with: “The newest generative AI maps” and Gartner’s newest information on gen AI adoption (pilots vs. manufacturing).

Bruno Aziza is a accomplice at CapitalG, Alphabet’s unbiased progress fund.