Evolving the AI Agent Spectrum: From Software to Embodied AI

AI
In the piece Agents in the AI-First Company I introduced a five-level spectrum for understanding software agents. The piece generated a strong response and valuable comments, for both of which I’m incredibly grateful. Some readers questioned the original progression of the spectrum. They noted that developing agents that can collaborate […]
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Agents In the AI-First Company

AI
AI agents are an important component of the transformation to become an AI-first company. Corporations undertaking this transformation must understand where and how to incorporate agents and which agent types to utilize in the AI-centric processes they establish and the organizational structures they adopt. The article presents AI agent types, […]
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Revisiting Insight Generation in the Age of Generative AI

Uncategorized
Ten years ago, I explored the process of insight generation. I presented its key stages and emphasized the characteristics distinguishing true data-driven insights from mere correlations. While the foundations of insight generation remain relevant, since the publication of my original article, the methods, tools, and implications have expanded dramatically. Generative […]
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Navigating the AI Adoption Journey: Strategies for Enterprise Success

AI
AI, generative or otherwise, holds immense promise for enterprises looking to improve efficiency, enhance decision-making, and unlock new business opportunities. Yet, despite the enthusiasm, many companies struggle to transition from pilot projects to large-scale AI deployments. The path to effective AI adoption is not as straightforward as acquiring technology or […]
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  • 30 December 2024
    December 30, 2024
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Yearend Thoughts on Enterprise AI

AI
In my second yearend post, I write about enterprise AI from two perspectives. As a venture capital investor with an all-AI startup portfolio. As a corporate advisor helping enterprises apply discriminative and generative AI. The biggest venture financing rounds during 2024 involved AI companies. About $30 billion was invested in […]
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  • 10 September 2024
    September 10, 2024
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Mobility Intelligence and Neurosymbolic Systems

AI
Many of you know our firm for its investments in early-stage AI software startups and as a trusted AI advisor to corporations. However, fewer are aware of the AI systems we’ve been developing and how we deploy them with our corporate clients or in the startups we create. In recent […]
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The Struggles Enterprises Face with Generative AI

Big Data
A few days ago I attended the strategy meeting of a portfolio company. Like all of our Synapse Partners portfolio companies, this one provides AI solutions to enterprise customers. Their initial success is in the medical devices industry. While reviewing the company’s sales pipeline and the progress of delivering the […]
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Crossing the Enterprise Generative AI Chasm

AI
AI solution providers and infrastructure providers committed to spend $1T on AI-related capex over the next few years, in anticipation of high demand for and heavy use of generative AI enterprise solutions. A few years ago, the automotive industry committed similar scale investments toward the development and deployment of battery […]
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Autonomous Vehicles Employing An End-to-End AI Approach

AI, Autonomous Vehicles
Of the many autonomous vehicle (AV) use cases, two continue to receive the most attention: robotaxis and autonomous trucks of various form factors. AI is one of autonomous mobility’s key enabling technologies. To achieve the determinism required in mobility, the AV software platforms in use today incorporated a combination of […]
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Where Are We With Enterprise Generative AI?

AI
Despite the noise from high-tech corporations, startups, venture investors, and analysts, we are still in a very early phase of generative AI. As a result, it is hard to assume, let alone declare, that generative AI will transform every business process driving operational efficiencies, create new revenue streams, result in […]
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