At our recent AI Business Roundtable, we focused on the current market pressures: how to respond quickly and avoid vendor lock-in — especially in light of recent U.S. restrictions around cloud provider choices.
🐲 AI solutions need to be production-ready from day one, not just stay in the lab.
A sandbox approach is proving to be a key element for safe experimentation with AI models. AI development, management, versioning, and monitoring should follow the same discipline as software engineering.
Our CodeNOW AI Factory is an example of an environment that supports this approach.
♾️ Another key takeaway was about operationalizing AI — MLOps and observability.
Think in small steps, deploy fast. Run pilots in weekly iterations, learn from each phase, and move quickly to production. That’s how you maintain the pace today’s market demands.
🔱 AI Maturity Check (0–5)
We introduced a five-level scale where every participant quickly identified their position. The goal isn’t to reach “5”, but to choose the right maturity level for a specific domain and move to the point of highest value.