In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Saurabh Abhyankar, Chief Product Officer at MicroStrategy, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss amplifying business intelligence with AI. The conversation covers digital transformation, the integration of AI in business intelligence tools, data accessibility, IoT as a source of data, the true value of generative AI and examples, and the implications of AI for the future.

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About Saurabh Abhyankar

Saurabh Abhyankar has been innovating in the analytics market for 20 years and holds a number of patents in self-service analytics, the semantic graph, and HyperIntelligence. Since 2016, he has held various product leadership positions at MicroStrategy including SVP of Product Management and EVP of Marketing.

Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Saurabh was the Chief Product Officer and Head of Engineering for MRI Software, a leader in technology solutions for real estate. From 2003 to 2016, Saurabh held a number of positions in Vancouver and Paris building and growing analytics products at SAP BusinessObjects.

Interested in connecting with Saurabh? Reach out on LinkedIn!

About Cedalo

MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) considers itself the world’s first Bitcoin development company. The MicroStrategy software business develops and provides industry-leading AI-powered enterprise analytics software that promotes their vision of Intelligence Everywhere™. Their flagship cloud-native platform, MicroStrategy ONE, is trusted by the most admired brands in the Fortune Global 500 to drive business agility, efficiency, and revenue.

Key Questions and Topics from this Episode:

(00:30) Introduction to Saurabh Abhyankar and MicroStrategy

(01:04) The state of digital transformation

(04:41) What is digital transformation used for?

(06:32) The role of AI in business intelligence

(09:31) Making data accessible and actionable

(10:52) The true value of AI

(12:05) Where do companies get their data?

(14:45) How should companies integrate AI?

(18:06) The future of AI

(18:55) ChatGPT and productivity

(22:58) Learn more and follow up