As AI becomes core to business strategy, leaders face a key decision: build custom AI solutions or buy existing platforms. Building offers control, customization, and potential competitive advantage—but requires time, talent, and investment. Buying enables speed and simplicity—but can introduce limitations and vendor dependency.
This roundtable will explore how to strike the right balance between innovation and execution, and where a hybrid approach may make the most sense.
To guide the discussion:
Where does building AI truly create competitive advantage in your organization, and where might you be overengineering?
What are you potentially giving up by buying control, data ownership, and long-term flexibility?
If you had to choose, what part of your AI stack would you never outsource, and why?