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For years, businesses optimised for asset-light growth by outsourcing operations and focusing on customer-facing differentiation. But as markets mature and digital platforms dominate industries, many organisations are discovering that the real strategic power often sits lower down the value chain. Infrastructure, operational data, logistics, software platforms, AI capability, fulfilment, and ecosystem control increasingly determine who captures margin, speed, and long-term leverage. This is driving a modern return to vertical integration.
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Victoria Rusnac (Applied AI Academy) · Jamie Faulkner (Brainlabs) + 4 more
A three-hour build session for in-house marketing teams that want a working content agent rather than another demo. Teams of three from the same company build on the night, with…
Adam Field (Crox) · Joshua Wöhle (Mindstone)
Mindstone's monthly London AI meetup, a practical-AI evening for people using the tools rather than theorising about them. The November edition is at Inspire St James in Clerkenwell. Two talks…