Harvard Square, Tatte Bakery 2024: As a group of seasoned tech and business professionals and self-made tech entrepreneurs we reflected on our years of working inside the world's largest companies. As we shared our experiences, the triumphs and the failures, a pattern emerged about Data & AI.

Time and time again, we've witnessed companies stumble in their journeys - be it establishing Data Governance, monetizing on ML or pushing relational data assets from Source to Target to enable real-time decisions; it is not lack of trying or investment but more fundamental, it is about...

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Then with a pointed gesture Carl-Johan cut in and said "You know, it's like that spinning class I took last week", with his eyes full of excitement, "The instructor kept pushing us to reach 81% of our maximum heart rate. That's where the magic happens in our systems, where you create the perfect zone of performance, excitement and sustained impact". We all realized that true Data & AI success is not just about the technology, but about comprehensive organizational adoption. 

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And thus, AI81Works was born from this insight - a name that captures our philosophy that transformative AI happens when an enterprise heart beats and rides with technological potential... much like a cyclist finding their optimal and balanced rhythm.