Karthik Kripapuri is the CEO of Promevo, a Google technology partner that assists enterprise clients with Google Cloud and Gemini AI deployments.
Opinion
Kripapuri: 99% of companies should consume AI as managed service
“99% of the companies, I would say, what they need is probably to consume this as a managed service, in my mind.”
Insight
Kripapuri: Data integrity is the primary blocker for enterprise AI agents
“A lot of this still we feel like is grounded in the fact that organizations still struggle with data integrity, and that is fundamentally what is the primary blocker, right, in terms of like, you know, really AI, I mean, models and agents working and reaching …”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kripapuri: AI will let workers query data without checking CRM or email
“I don't know what the timeframe is, but I feel like it'll be a day when I can just ask what I need to do, and I don't know how to go check my email, I don't know how to go check my CRM, I don't know how to check my financial systems, I'll be able to interact w…”
Disclosure
Promevo CEO asks employees to become 30% more effective using AI
“Internally to our organization, we are asking our people to be. 30% more effective, right? I don't, I never use the word efficient because efficiency means like all kinds of weird things and people are like, oh, what's about my job? It's not about it, right? I…”
Opinion
Kripapuri: AI models more often connect unneeded dots than admit ignorance
“More than not, it tries to connect dots that don't need to be connected in my mind sometimes.”
Assertion Supported
Gold Bond saw 70% adoption with Gemini for Google Workspace
“Like Gold Bond, I think we have some, we have a few press releases with them, and they're a great example of a company that has, you know, started out, you know, a Google Workspace, Gemini for Google Workspace, and they saw 70% adoption, right?”