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Which AI startups actually land enterprise contracts? — Brian Lewis, Millennium

AI Engineer · Aug 29, 2026 · Industry Trends

Most enterprise AI value is being left on the table at current model intelligence levels

“at current model intelligence, most of the value available is already being left on the table”

Brian Lewis, a product leader at Millennium hedge fund, argues that AI startups are failing to capture available enterprise value despite sufficient model capability — the gap is in go-to-market and integration, not intelligence. Speaking from the buyer side, he frames AI adoption as a two-sided problem between models/products and enterprise readiness. The talk is cut off before the actionable framework, limiting signal extraction.

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