Jager McConnell on Proprietary Data in the Age of Generative AI
I also see this advantage for companies with large assets bases, like energy companies, if they learn how to leverage it.
As a data company, I feel really good, because if you’ve got proprietary data that no one else has access to, it’s very hard to beat me at the game. Data and differentiation in that data that no one else has access to is the holy grail I think in the long run because, no, AI can’t make it up, and that feels like a winner.
— Jager McConnell, Crunchbase CEO
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