Stay Aligned February Edition

In this newsletter:

• AlignAI Public Waitlist?
• AI or Die - Podcast Episode #12
• Recap: Automating AI Discussion
• Data & Impact Podcast
• Startups to Watch List
• MLOps Capabilities Case Study
• In the Industry News

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AlignAI Public Waitlist??

~ Your Company's Hub to Align on Data & AI ~

We noticed that the #1 reason that leaders fail to adopt AI is that they never operationalize their AI strategy, spending millions on AI roadmaps and pilots that never come to fruition. Our team at AlignAI has spent years working with leaders like yourself in linking AI strategy to day-to-day operations.

With the AlignAI platform, you can now merge industry best practices with your company-specific policies through our AI adoption and governance control center. Customers are using AlignAI to drive wide-scale AI adoption and governance across their teams to manage AI initiatives and their dependencies. You’re already spending time and energy here, AlignAI enables you to get hundreds of people to build, use and maintain AI responsibly - in hours, not weeks.

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Episode 12 is out Now!??

Our podcast AI or Die talks about the latest trends, news, and great debate over AI. We dive into AI-related topics and what's going on in the news.?

On this episode, we are joined by Nicolay Christopher Gerold. Nicolay (Nico) brings a unique blend of expertise with his rich background in GenAI, NLP, and LLMs. Nico discusses a practical approach to the real-world applications and implications of generative AI technologies.

During this episode, we dive into the multifaceted impacts of GenAI, discussing its role in data extraction, the challenges surrounding data governance and privacy, and the significance of synthetic data. Nico offers valuable insights on the future of AI user interfaces and the shift towards specialized AI models. He also emphasizes the importance of making AI integrations more accessible and intuitive for users.

Key Points:

• White House: Key AI Actions Fact Sheet
• Data Governance & Privacy
• Generative AI Trends
• AI Design: Specialized AI Models
• LLMs and the User Experience (UX)

Episode 1 through 12 is available! You can find it on Spotify, Apple, YouTube (video), Amazon, Google, RSS, or our website.

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Recap: Automating AI Discussion??

Our Co-Founder, Brendan Kelly, was invited by Secoda to join their "Automations" Linkedin event. The session included a live walkthrough and demo of Secoda's new automated functionality.

After the demo, Brendan held a discussion with leaders from Secoda -?Andrew McEwen, Etai Mizrahi?& Cesar Estremadoyro from Astra?to discuss how data teams are leveraging automations & AI in their day-to-day workflows.

"Data teams, like the rest of the organization, are looking to define their relationship to AI and determine how to maximize productivity. Secoda has some interesting new functionality to help them." - Brendan

Data & Impact Podcast??

Our Senior Director of Growth & Customer Success, Nick Woo, was invited onto the Data & Impact - a Passion2Knowledge Experience Podcast held by Christian Steinert.

Key Points:

• AI Process Adoption.
• The parallel between data management & AI management documentation.
• The high value of large company data experience.

The podcast will be available soon! In the meantime, keep an eye out for our next newsletter, which will include the podcast link. Stay tuned!??

Startups to Watch List - AlignAI??

Our team at AlignAI is so grateful to be named alongside five other startups on the latest "2024 Startups to Watch List" in Central Ohio. ??

A big shoutout to our Co-Founders, Rehgan Avon and Brendan Kelly for leading the charge and paving the way for our company to be recognized as an inspiring and innovative AI solution. ?? ??

Check out the entire article below!??

READ HERE

MLOps Capabilities Case Study

In this case study, a large automotive manufacturer sought out AlignAI to enhance their predictive capabilities in estimating vehicle production and quality. They needed a set of best practices for building, testing, deploying, and iterating on machine learning models?quickly. ??

The manufacturer approached AlignAI for expertise in rolling out robust machine learning (ML) frameworks. The solution involved a detailed approach to capture the business decision-making process and potential impact.

With AlignAI, the automotive manufacturer has: “Significantly accelerated putting models into production by reducing time from a full calendar year to four months." ??

Check out our MLOps Capabilities Case Study??

CASE STUDY

In the Industry News

Sora, OpenAI's Latest Tool

• "In addition to being able to generate a video solely from text instructions, the model is able to take an existing still image and generate a video from it, animating the image’s contents with accuracy and attention to small detail. The model can also take an existing video and extend it or fill in missing frames."

Your AI Journey: Start Small AND Strategic – Part 1

• "Building senior management support (and the necessary budget) will NOT happen by targeting random use cases.? Senior management wants to prioritize their investments in initiatives that deliver substantial, quantifiable business and operational value."

Your AI Journey: Start Small AND Strategic – Part 2

• "Part 2 of this blog series will discuss how to triage your organization’s strategic business initiatives. We will break down that business initiative into its supporting use cases, enabling your AI initiative to deliver the required value and urgency to gain organizational agreement and support."

A Neurosymbolic AI Approach to Learning + Reasoning

• "Without context, there can be no generalizability. Rich context becomes a key data quality advantage of knowledge graph approaches that should not be overlooked in machine learning environments."

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