Ward: I spend half my time leading AI initiatives at Carta
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Carta CEO Henry Ward discusses how he allocates his executive time toward integrating artificial intelligence into Carta.
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“Today I spend half my time on product and the other half on AI projects at Carta and all the AI projects come in two forms. One is how do we use AI to build differentiated user experiences for our customers? So it's all in the product side. And then how do we use AI internally to be a better, faster, smarter organization? And I split time on both.”
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