After my summer of conferences, cross-country reporting, geopolitics and industry gossip, it feels like the AI landscape may be overheated. Fall could be a cooldown — or another storm.
It was not only great to discover your substack, but this also made me subscribe to Eye on AI - loved the pieces on Alexandr Wang and about Meta's bet on best AI talent.
Wow, what a whirlwind few months you’ve had. It’s amazing how fast AI moves, yet the way you’ve painted the atmosphere at those conferences makes me feel like I was right there in the room.
Great roundup Sharon. I just got back from NY myself (I was supposed to have the full week off but ended up having an AI related conversation with a media company while there). Autumn may cool off in terms of AI SV hype, but I think for companies across multiple industries, it’s going to be a steady drip-drip-drip to sort their AI strategies, investments and launches. 🚀
Thanks for the report and hope you’re feeling better
It was not only great to discover your substack, but this also made me subscribe to Eye on AI - loved the pieces on Alexandr Wang and about Meta's bet on best AI talent.
Thank you!!
Wow, what a whirlwind few months you’ve had. It’s amazing how fast AI moves, yet the way you’ve painted the atmosphere at those conferences makes me feel like I was right there in the room.
According to PwC, AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, which really underlines just how high the stakes are for all these players competing for dominance: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/analytics/assets/pwc-ai-analysis-sizing-the-prize-report.pdf.
(I often advise in my LinkedIn training sessions:
↪️ Create a “Conference Content Plan” before big industry events, noting 3–4 key themes you’ll post about afterwards
↪️ Draft some LinkedIn post outlines in advance so you’re not writing from scratch in the middle of a hectic week
↪️ Use LinkedIn’s “Save post” feature to collect insights live and turn them into polished content later.)
Which of all the events you went to this summer felt the most significant in shaping where AI is headed?
Great roundup Sharon. I just got back from NY myself (I was supposed to have the full week off but ended up having an AI related conversation with a media company while there). Autumn may cool off in terms of AI SV hype, but I think for companies across multiple industries, it’s going to be a steady drip-drip-drip to sort their AI strategies, investments and launches. 🚀
Thanks for the report and hope you’re feeling better
Yes, fall is usually filled with industry launches!
Hope you manage to enjoy and R&R during LDW. Great reporting, as always!
thank you! What is LDW? :)
Ha! Just a little holiday around the corner :)
Lol oh yeah 💯 😂