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InformationWeek: CIOs Caught Between AI Startups Shipping in Weeks vs. Vertical SaaS Platforms Taking Quarters
InformationWeek reports (April 23) that CIOs are running AI startup pilots in non-critical workflows while waiting for incumbent vertical SaaS to catch up — but the startup dependencies are becoming mission-critical before proper evaluation. The core tension: AI startups are targeting the workflow layer above systems of record, not the system of record itself, making the orchestration layer above clinical, legal, and financial workflows redundant. Nomic Ventures CTO Ryan Scott: 'AI agents can operate above the interface now... talk to your CRM, data warehouse, compliance system simultaneously.'
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