AI Public Lecture from Sofia to Paris

From the City of Wisdom to the City of Light

I’m privileged to be giving 2 sets of public lectures on GenAI (from LLM to Agents to AGI) this October, starting with Sofia—the Eastern “City of Wisdom,” to Paris—the Western “City of Light,”

Is SaaS Really Dead?

Is SaaS Really Dead?

There are some inherent traits of transformer-based language models that make them unsuitable for certain SaaS applications. These inherent traits are not bugs or problems that can be fixed or patched away as LLMs scale and become smarter.

EVENT -PPS 2025 Oct Las Vegas Agent of Change

Becoming an Agent of Change in the Age of AI

Those who can harness agentic AI will not just keep up with change; they will drive it. And there are 2 PPS sessions that will provide you with the very foundation for you to become an indispensable agent of change for the coming age of AI.

The Outperformance is Just the Beginning

The Outperformance is Just the Beginning

The 40th anniversary of PROS. Coincidentally, we are back in Las Vegas again, where I began this annual ritual way back in 2019. And I will remember Outperform 2025 as one of my best.

DeepSeek: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 1

DeepSeek: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 1

I do think there are some really clever engineering and data science innovation that goes into the development of DeepSeek v3 (the base LLM) and R1 (their reasoning model). And there are lots that we could learn from.

My Sincere Apology

My Sincere Apology

Last week we had our annual Outperform With PROS conference in Orlando Florida. Overall, it was a great success with 900+ attendees. …more

Aviation AI Tech for Greener Flights

Aviation AI Tech for Greener Flights

One of the most enriching aspects of a lived conference is often found outside the formal sessions in what’s affectionately known as the “Hallway Track.”