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The episode discusses the shift of OpenAI and Anthropic towards enterprise AI services and the challenges of AI adoption in organizations.

OpenAI and Anthropic are moving deeper into enterprise AI services, but NLW argues the real story is organizational readiness. The episode explores why “buy and hope” AI adoption keeps failing, why power users get blocked by company structures, and why the next phase of AI deployment requires leaders to redesign how work gets done. In the headlines: White House AI model review, new lab access agreements, and AI safety oversight. Check out the new AI Executive Catch-Up Program from AIDB Training: https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/ April AI Usage Pulse Survey: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brought to you by: KPMG – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, Agentic AI Untangled , gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.kpmg.us/Navigate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Rackspace Technology – Run Palantir Foundry and AIP in production with a governed managed operating model https://www.rackspace.com/palantir Granola - The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3…

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Host: Nathaniel Whittemore

Topics covered

• enterprise AI services
• organizational readiness
• AI adoption
• AI deployment
• AI safety oversight

Keywords

• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• AI adoption
• enterprise AI
• organizational readiness
• AI safety
• KPMG
• Granola
• Mercury

Sponsors

KPMG, Granola, Mercury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Anthropic, White House

Products: Agentic AI, Palantir Foundry, AIP, Granola

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