Most companies have access to AI tools. Far fewer have figured out how to drive adoption across an entire organisation.
In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier are joined by Nils Wagner, CEO of REHAU New Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the REHAU Group, and a third-generation member of the Wagner family behind REHAU.
Nils shares how REHAU built a secure AI platform, launched an AI Academy and AI Factory, reached 10% adoption within months and is targeting 50% by year-end. He also explains why the company moved from venture building to venture clienting and what other corporates can learn from the experience.
Key topics
- Scaling AI adoption across a large industrial organisation
- Building a secure platform with access to multiple LLMs and company data
- The AI Academy and AI Factory model
- Real-world AI use cases, including a touchless invoice workflow with 94% automation rates
- Why most corporates struggle with AI implementation
- Lessons from REHAU's shift from venture building to venture clienting
Timestamps
- (00:00) Why corporates struggle with AI adoption
- (02:00) Introducing Nils Wagner and REHAU New Ventures
- (06:00) Why REHAU started with venture building
- (15:00) The move to venture clienting
- (18:00) What makes venture clienting work
- (25:00) Why REHAU prioritised AI
- (27:00) Building REHAU's AI platform
- (28:00) The AI Academy approach
- (30:00) The AI Factory and workflow automation
- (31:00) AI use cases across REHAU
- (31:30) The touchless invoice project
- (33:00) Lessons for corporates implementing AI
- (34:00) The future of enterprise AI
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