AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Gaining Confidence in AI Tech with Sikich AI Factory

In this AI Agent & Copilot Podcast Special Report, filmed on location at the recent AI Agent & Copilot Summit, John Siefert hosts Heidi Bamburg, Head of Strategic Alliances, Sikich, to discuss the new Sikich AI Factory.

Key Takeaways

• Point of entry to AI: With AI being top of mind for CXOs, there is still an element of fear and anxiety around it because people aren’t confident in what they know about AI. Technological development is outpacing the readiness of many companies. The Sikich AI Factory platform creates an entry point for customers to feel like they can get started with AI applications.
• Industry-specific and pre-configured applications: The AI applications on the platform are already pre-configured as well as sorted by industry and functional area. “They can get used to what that means to have AI running in a business context,” Bamburg says. Sikich AI Factory is powered by UnifyCloud. It contains 200 different pre-configured AI applications, which include chatbots for both internal and external use cases.

• Hands-on experience: Customers can upload their own data or take a sampling of equipment to play around with the different AI applications. This provides an environment for customers to get comfortable using the technology in their own vertical industry.
• AI readiness: Sikich is an experienced data and AI partner that can help with assessing customers’ data readiness for AI and data governance, for instance. It helps partners and customers resolve various concerns and gain experience with AI within their organizations.

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