Summers: Companies Must Build Core AI In-House Rather Than Relying on Vendors
Grady Summers · Is the AI Boom About to Break Security? — With Grady Summers, CEO of Netwrix · Oct 15, 2025 · at 6:42
Netwrix CEO Grady Summers argues against relying exclusively on third-party vendor AI add-ons rather than building custom internal AI capabilities.
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“I don't think you can like checkbox your way to greatness and outsource your AI to, you know, Salesforce or Palo Alto. It's great. I love these companies, right? But we've got to build it in house.”
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