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We had an incredible experience at the Web Summit Qatar 2025, the epicenter of Middle Eastern AI innovation! 🚀 Our QuantumBlack team connected with leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, and tech experts, and witnessed firsthand how AI is reshaping business and society in the region. 🌐 A standout moment was Karan Soni’s talk, Beyond the Algorithm - Rewiring Organizations with AI, where he explored how AI can revolutionize decision-making, enhance productivity, and drive organizational transformation. Also in the region, Tom Isherwood joined LEAP 2025 conference in Riyadh, which showcased the shift from AI as a concept to its practical implementation and real-world results in the Middle East. 🌟 Stay tuned for more exciting developments from the region this year! #QuantumBlack #AIByMcKinsey #WebSummitQatar #LEAP2025

Happy International Women’s Day! Here are some of our colleagues celebrating in their mother language. We’re committed to global progress and representation of women in AI and beyond. 🌍 Who is a woman in your life that you’re celebrating this weekend? Thanks to our video stars Angelica Junko Soldivillo, Sabrina Zuraimi, Jasnidh Kaur Ahuja, Maximilian Schulz, Kamila Muchowska, PhD, Diana Murgulet, Juan Luis Cano Rodríguez, Merel Theisen, Sahar Dolev - Blitental, Fabiana Ferrara, Alkmini Chalofti, Sacha Yabili, Baila Sherbin. #AIByMcKinsey #InternationalWomensDay

Happy World Book Day! Today’s a great time to celebrate reading in all its forms, including writing that challenges how you think about technology. Here are our recommendations for your next great read: - If you’d like to learn more about Machine Learning: Implementing MLOps in the Enterprise: A Production-First Approach by our colleague at Iguazio (Acquired by McKinsey): Yaron Haviv and Noah Gift, Founder of Pragmatic AI Labs. This is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how machine learning can be rolled out at scale. https://bit.ly/4iusHAX - If you’re interested in generative AI: the latest e-book from Asaf Somekh (Iguazio, acquired by McKinsey) and Ben Ellencweig (QuantumBlack) explores where the field is heading and how you can stay ahead. https://bit.ly/4iq0TNP - Want to understand how to master digital transformation? Rewired, turns top-level McKinsey experience into a practical guide for how anyone can create real business impact with AI and digital transformation. https://mck.co/3Fi3lYs - Fascinated by our latest R&D? Our Medium page is full of QuantumBlack insights, research, and technical deep dives. https://bit.ly/4in7WH2 What’s on your reading list? 📖 #QuantumBlack #AIByMcKinsey #WorldBookDay

At #MWC2025, our QuantumBlack colleagues have discussed how telcos can use AI to protect core revenues and drive margin growth. AI is changing the industry in real-time. 👇 We’ll be at MWC all week, so keep an eye out for more updates and insights.

We’re so excited to celebrate Nayur Khan's and Carlo Giovine’s recognition as DataIQ 100 EMEA Enablers. Their leadership at QuantumBlack has helped the team push the boundaries of AI innovation and applications across industries. Congratulations, Carlo and Nayur, on being recognised as two of the most influential leaders in data and AI. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/euqNkVAC #QuantumBlack #AIByMcKinsey #DataIQ100

How do you efficiently analyze a body of 300,000 pages of sustainability reports, published by 2,500 companies across 17 sectors? 😱 That was the challenge our team faced when, in partnership with One Ocean Foundation, we set on a mission to transform corporate sustainability reporting — using generative AI to reveal new opportunities for blue business growth, and help companies better protect the ocean. 🌍 Learn how we did it in our recent article for Fortune, featuring our colleagues Federico Fumagalli, Jacopo Ghidoni and Secretary General of the One Ocean Foundation, Jan Hans Georg Pachner: https://lnkd.in/e9V8vTPf #AIbyMcKinsey #GenerativeAI #HybridIntelligence

While recent generative AI hype is exciting, the impact to business is where the real magic happens. Businesses are increasingly successful at moving from initial hype to a phase of genuine growth. Gen AI technologies have matured, and the possibilities are now tangible, but challenges to adoption remain. 💻 To help enterprises codify their expertise, automate processes, and extract competitive advantage from gen AI technologies, QuantumBlack Labs has established Gen AI Labs (GAIL). The GAIL product suite includes production-grade assets that make gen AI accessible, impactful, and easy to integrate, addressing key challenges across diverse industries. It supplies agentic workflows and blueprints to help teams deploy models with pre-built solutions. 💡 Learn more about GAIL in our latest Medium blog. 👉 https://lnkd.in/etzKT6Gm #AIbyMcKinsey #GenerativeAI #AI

Great news! As impact partner to the United Nations Global Pulse's Data Insights for Social and Humanitarian Action (DISHA) initiative, we're thrilled to announce it's shortlisted in DataIQ's Data & AI Awards. DISHA is a multi-partner initiative that works to accelerate ethical and responsible access to data and AI solutions to unlock social impact at scale. By facilitating access to relevant datasets and reliable models and frameworks, DISHA enables the creation of actionable insights to support more effective humanitarian and development efforts, and strengthen digital public infrastructure. The initiative has been shortlisted in the Data and AI for Good Hero Organization Award, a testament to the team’s commitment to driving real-world impact with the power of tech and AI. Congratulations to all the team members involved in this project! View the shortlist here: https://lnkd.in/e_sEH3tH #AIbyMcKinsey #TechForGood #Innovation #DataIQ

Did you know that cutting-edge chips can now perform up to one quadrillion calculations per second? And that global data production reached almost 150 zettabytes in 2024? Plus, while global data production for AI is soaring, the cost of computational power continues to fall fast! Here’s the catch, though: despite this staggering progress, leaders across industries tell us regularly that these capabilities aren’t generating much business value—yet. What does it take for businesses to unlock AI’s true potential? In an article for Fortune, our colleagues Alexander Sukharevsky and Jamie Vickers break down these three principles to help AI deliver on its business promise. 👇 Read the full article: https://bit.ly/43pFHnd #AIbyMcKinsey #NeverJustTech

How can leading organizations move from pilot to production at scale? 🤔 In our work to help enterprises navigate these complexities, this common question comes up often. As businesses push forward with gen AI adoption, the challenge isn’t just building models—it’s scaling them effectively while ensuring trust, security, and compliance. Join Svetlana Sicular, Research VP at Gartner and Yaron Haviv, Leader of Technology at Iguazio (Acquired by McKinsey), for an in-depth discussion about the biggest gen AI challenges and the strategies driving real impact in 2025! Dive into: ✅ Scaling gen AI beyond proof of concept ✅ Managing AI risks without slowing innovation ✅ The role of agentic AI in enterprise automation Stay ahead of the gen AI revolution! 🗓  Save your seat here: https://bit.ly/3EF35T6 #GenAI #EnterpriseAI #ScalingAI #MLOpsLive #QuantumBlack #Gartner