Detwiler stated, 'We had customers [who] had multiple offices, but they weren't connected. From a technological perspective, we found ourselves writing reports and reporting databases and reporting tools and creating extracts and workflow engines, and we realized, wow, most [of the] industry is very disconnected.'
Major companies have bitten the dust, industry-wide layoffs have been ongoing, and massive events like Rampage are being put on the cultural chopping block-asking what exactly we're all doing. But in the wake of hardship and the struggles of the industry at large, there are certainly spaces being left behind as one massive institution after another changes shape. And for those of us who reside at the core of mountain biking, it's providing exciting opportunities.
"Meta's investment in Scale AI has created a large disruption in our industry, leading to significant opportunities for Appen and its peers to fill the resulting void."