The Real AI Advantage Isn't What You Think

The Real AI Advantage Isn't What You Think

June 24, 2026 · 37 min · Season 1 · Episode 90

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The episode discusses the challenges enterprises face in preparing their data for AI, featuring insights from Matt Pappas on his extensive experience in building machine learning systems.

Everybody says they're data-driven. But according to a Harvard Business Review study, only 7% of enterprises believe their data is actually ready for AI. Not agents. Not advanced machine learning. Just AI. Everyone wants the outcome. Far fewer have done the years of work required to make AI useful in the first place. But Matt Pappas has. As Chief Data Officer at Kiewit, he's spent more than 15 years building production machine learning systems that influence billion-dollar decisions, risk ass...

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