How Ford and Rival OEMs Are Pursuing Recurring Revenue from Customer Services

AI
Automakers want to capture a larger percentage of their customers’ lifetime value than they do today. As newcomer automakers, led by Tesla, are already demonstrating, to achieve this goal incumbents will need to offer services that the customer finds relevant. On Monday, Ford announced the creation of the Integrated Services […]
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Generative AI Investment Theses

AI
During the last six months, we spent time with our firm’s corporate partners to assess whether the enterprise is ready for generative AI and updated our investment theses accordingly. Our work convinced us that Large Language Models (LLMs)/Foundation Models and applications that incorporate them will open the door to the […]
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Generative AI in New Mobility

AI, Big Data
In the previous post, I discussed AI’s role in new mobility. I identified the three roles AI can play as an enabler, a differentiator, or a monetizer. The recent explosion of interest in generative AI begs the question: could generative AI contribute to new mobility and if so, in which […]
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  • 19 January 2023
    January 19, 2023
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Big Data and AI In New Mobility

AI, Big Data
AI is viewed by many exclusively as a prediction technology. The availability of large, diverse, and information-rich data sets combined with the power of neural networks has been responsible for achieving incredible results even in complex, multi-faceted situations. Every aspect of new mobility has benefited from AI’s prediction power. The […]
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Will Automakers Become Apple, AT&T, or Foxconn?

Big Data
During the automotive industry’s current boom phase OEMs are announcing big, multi-year investments in new vehicle platforms that combine electrification with increasing driving automation. Because under new mobility data and loyalty will become central forms of value, OEMs must also consider deploying the loyalty-enhancing data-driven services these platforms enable. The […]
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