Hoang: Enterprise AI Is Currently a Nice-to-Have, Not a Need-to-Have
France Hoang · 37 - Cultivating Innovation: BoodleBox's France Hoang on AI, Culture, and Customer-Centric Strategies · Apr 3, 2025 · at 6:51
France Hoang, co-founder and CEO of AI platform Boodlebox, discusses why enterprise AI sales lack urgency compared to other startup markets.
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“By and large, AI is a nice to have. It's not a need to have right now, right? Whatever you're doing before AI, you're doing without AI. And so there's very little, maybe not anything at this point, that can't be, that you need AI for.”
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