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▶ 12:22 · Cybersecurity · Zero data retention mandates and supply chain attacks drive enterprise AI security spending
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How AI Will Change Businesses by 2030

2026-07-15 · 5 company · 6 thematic
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speakers
jean grocer

COO at Vercel, formerly spent nearly a decade at Stripe building go-to-market teams; recently joined Shopify board.

tomasz tunguz

General Partner at Theory Ventures, formerly at Redpoint Ventures for nearly 15 years. Focuses on AI, data, and ML investments. Uses AI agents to analyze 3-4x more companies.

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Open Source AItailwindscore 8/10tomasz tunguz
Open source models to capture 30-50% of token usage with 9:1 cost advantage and local inference
Open source models currently represent 30% of token consumption (per OpenRouter data) and will grow to 30-50% due to 90% cost savings; 60-80% of non-coding business functions can run locall…
Enterprise AI Adoptiontailwindscore 8/10jean grocer
Headless software trend accelerates: custom AI UIs on top of systems of record replace monolithic SaaS
Enterprises keep back-end systems (Salesforce, etc.) as systems of record but build custom front-ends with embedded agents on platforms like Vercel, unlocking workflow-specific productivity…
Cybersecuritytailwindscore 7/10tomasz tunguz
Zero data retention mandates and supply chain attacks drive enterprise AI security spending
CISOs enforce ZDR (zero data retention) policies and distrust model providers' claims; supply chain attacks like the Axiom library hack affecting hundreds of millions of projects make authe…
AI Economics & Business Modelsmixedscore 8/10tomasz tunguz
Model half-life of 41 days drives intense competition and user churn, reshaping AI lab economics
State-of-the-art models retain leadership for only 41 days on average, with >50% user loss in month one (per OpenRouter/Stanford research), creating relentless competitive pressure for labs…
AI Agentstailwindscore 7/10jean grocer
Context engineering, not model choice, differentiates AI agents — Vercel outperforms 10+ AI SDR products
Proprietary context and last-mile integration determine agent performance; Vercel's home-built sales agent beats commercial AI SDR offerings by deeply embedding company-specific knowledge a…
AI Applicationstailwindscore 7/10jean grocer
AI commerce will unlock long-tail discovery but consumers may resist full purchase delegation
AI search exposes niche merchants without big ad budgets, expanding the commerce torso and tail; however, shopping enjoyment means users may prefer AI for discovery but retain control over…