The question of who will truly own a company’s “AI layer” is rapidly becoming a boardroom-level strategic concern, moving beyond mere technology adoption. According to T. R. Car, CEO of Glean, the answer will define competitive advantage and operational autonomy for years to come.<\/p>\n
Car emphasizes that true ownership isn’t simply about licensing a foundational model from a vendor like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google. While these models are powerful, the critical “AI layer” for an enterprise is the one that integrates with, understands, and acts upon its unique, proprietary data. This is where a company’s competitive edge resides \u2013 in its specialized knowledge, processes, and customer interactions.<\/p>\n
Ceding this entire intelligence layer to a single external provider, Car argues, risks significant vendor lock-in, limits customization, and compromises data sovereignty. It can also hinder a company’s ability to adapt quickly to new AI advancements or economic shifts from a specific provider.<\/p>\n
Instead, Glean’s perspective advocates for enterprises to own and control this overarching “meta-AI layer.” This means having the infrastructure and strategy to orchestrate multiple AI models (both external and potentially internal), connect them deeply with their unique enterprise knowledge graphs, and ensure the resulting insights and actions are secure, accurate, and tailored. This approach allows companies to leverage the best-of-breed foundational models while retaining core control over their data, privacy, and the specific intelligence derived from their operations.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Car suggests, the companies that thrive will be those that strategically own the AI layer that powers their internal “brain”\u2014transforming their unique knowledge into a defensible, evolving strategic asset, rather than merely renting access to an external one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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