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Fidji Simo, incoming CEO of Applications at OpenAI and Instacart CEO, penned her first missive and laid out an optimistic vision for AI.
Zoho has launched its own large language model called Zia LLM, 40 pre-built Zia Agents, a no-code agent builder with Zia Agent Studio and a model context protocol (MCP) server that will connect its AI actions with third-party agents. The combination means Zoho is looking to democratize and differentiate with an AI strategy that revolves around developing its own right-sized models, optimizing and passing on the savings to customers.
DisrupTV episode 403 takeaways: AI is going to rewrite how businesses operate and enterprises are going to avoid chasing existing markets to create new categories, drop the obsession with transformation and add-on approaches, treat AI as a co-founder and cut the latency from idea to prototype to near zero.
The view from the C-suite is increasingly gloomy as executives navigate policy, inflation and the economy that's a reality show with two-week story arcs. It's hard to plan when your conditions change every other day. Yet, technology companies--including a few that barely have revenue--live in a world full of unicorns and rainbows.
Industrial AI investment is picking up for infrastructure and component vendors indicating that use cases are in the pipeline for manufacturing, automotive and other asset-heavy industries. The quarters ahead will likely see investment move up the technology stack.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said artificial intelligence shouldn't be a part of the technology org since it impacts all of the business. Dimon also gave his take on data, cybersecurity, management and technology shifts.
