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  "title": "Your AI Strategy Is Moving Too Slow",
  "date": "2025-07-18",
  "featuredClaim": "AI adoption is outpacing cloud computing, and companies shipping AI features now will set their industry's pace.",
  "description": "Kamil Banc argues that companies treating AI adoption like a traditional IT project are falling behind, as AI adoption is happening 3x faster than cloud computing ever did. The article covers why API-first companies are winning, the shift to usage-based pricing, and how small businesses now have enterprise-level AI capabilities. It urges leaders to stop planning and start shipping AI agents immediately.",
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    "AI adoption jumped from 37% in 2019 to a projected 85% by 2025, far outpacing cloud computing's pace",
    "API-first SaaS companies like Salesforce and ServiceNow are positioned to win by deploying AI agents through existing APIs",
    "Pricing is shifting from flat monthly fees to usage-based hybrid models because AI inference costs fluctuate",
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  "supportingContext": "The article synthesizes market research, industry statistics, and commentary from Box CEO Aaron Levie to argue that AI adoption is accelerating faster than prior technology shifts like cloud computing. Kamil Banc draws on adoption data, pricing model trends, and market growth projections to support his practitioner recommendation that businesses abandon lengthy planning cycles and deploy AI agents on real workflows immediately. For business leaders, the practical application is to select one workflow, build an AI agent for it, measure results, and scale what works rather than waiting for perfect governance processes. The piece also highlights structural advantages for API-first SaaS companies and emerging AI opportunities in unstructured data domains like legal, healthcare, and financial services.",
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