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Before you assume that owning your AI/ML IP necessitates recruiting a team of data scientists and AI
engineers, low-code offers a very practical solution. While pre-built AI/ML models and open source
libraries can be easily integrated into the environment, these resources can be customized (by your
existing developer team as previously established) into your own proprietary IP. Training these models
with your own data, you can create your own “derived” AI, which you can tailor to your own unique
business cases. Brian Sathianathan, CTO and Co-founder of Iterate.ai, affirms, “AI development
follows the 80/20 rule; 20% of the AI methods can address 80% of your AI solutions in the market.
Derived AI is more than sufficient for most organizations to capture those 20% of methods, and
leaders should treat it as a competitive advantage.” Keeping your own AI model development in-
house ensures your complete stewardship of your valuable data and its privacy, as well as the flexibility
to use those models and their algorithms for any other use cases. Again, adopting low-code within your
organization affords innumerable benefits for your business strategy.

The general philosophy around digital innovation is to resist inertia, be agile, and adapt to change. As
such, digitally forward leaders and their organizations should always have a sense of urgency about
technology. When thinking about innovation, today is the day to start. Tomorrow is too late. Low-
code is no exception; the opportunities you embrace with its strategy will pay off the sooner you start.

About the Author

Solomon Ray has extensive experience in management consulting,
startups, and technology. He has worked at companies such as
Samsung, Applied Materials, and Xerox PARC, advised seed-stage

startups, and consulted large enterprises. He holds a BS in Electrical
Engineering from UCLA and an MBA from the Johnson School of
Management at Cornell University.

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