Genai data strategy

Date: December 9, 2023

At a recent conference, I learned that many larger enterprise teams compartmentalize Generative AI as a separate effort from their existing data strategy/vision.

This is a mistake since Generative AI builds upon existing data infrastructure.

Companies are rushing toward building LLM-powered prototypes right now, but their data infrastructure is not ready for any production LLM apps.

Unless older issues (data silos, poor data governance, data discoverability) are addressed, it will expose issues in data infrastructure.

In general, it might be best to collaborate with an external partner (cost and privacy permitting) on a smaller use case (quick win) while building a healthy data infrastructure in parallel and having a strong data strategy.