Venture
fromwww.businessinsider.com
20 hours agoAI is igniting a love affair between Silicon Valley and the consulting industry
Consulting firms are increasingly partnering with AI startups to adapt to rapid technological changes in the industry.
"When you talk to people about breaking them down, they feel like they're going to get flattened. This negative perception of breaking down siloes can impact the organization's ability to solve the siloes in the first place."
Generative AI is dissolving the economic logic that made standardized enterprise software the only practical choice for most companies. What replaces it will be shaped not just by the rapidly evolving capabilities of this new technology, but by leaders willing to ask a harder question: Which workflows do we actually need to own?
Some of the significant partnerships emerging today are less about bolt-on capabilities and more about re-architecting how financial services show up inside everyday workflows, be it taxes, shopping, or rent. They are being designed to be invisible to the end user, yet foundational to how money moves, decisions are made, and trust is established.
A colleague and I launched a new company after our previous employer closed. We divided responsibilities so she handled manufacturing and distribution while I managed digital content and marketing. My side of the business grew steadily. But within six months, her operational area began to falter. I began to step in to keep physical projects moving, and key infrastructure on her side wasn't maintained. Despite having access to shared digital project management tools, she frequently framed it as a communication problem.