I chose AIP because I wanted to look behind the scenes on foundational model building and see AI's true cross-industry impact. What blew me away was getting a front-row seat to cutting-edge AI breakthroughs revolutionizing fields like biology, medicine, and autonomous systems. This experience gave me a razor-sharp, ROI-driven lens for AI investments.

I work with AI every day, but I came in wondering what I couldn't see from inside my own company. The opportunity to step away and look at our business with a wider lens was invaluable. My biggest takeaway was the shift from predictive to prescriptive. Prediction tells you what will likely happen, while the real value is deciding what to do about it. The decision-making under uncertainty framework I learned at AIP gave me the rigor for that step.