“Once an organization is able to rewire its operating model for AI, then their success and delta of success over people who have not been able to do it, is just going to compound.”
On Ascendion’s podcast series, AI-Native Leaders, Rohini Williams, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Strategic Growth for Private Equity and Restructuring at Ascendion, sits down with host, Ben Fanning, to unpack why private equity-backed companies are winning the AI race. Rohini makes the case that AI is an operating model shift, and that decision-making velocity separates winners from losers. She explains why waiting for perfect data is an alibi, why every AI initiative must move free cash flow, revenue upliftment, and EBITDA expansion, and how the gap between movers and waiters compounds every quarter.
Watch or listen to the full conversation below.
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