Top Tech Startup: Executing Radical Customer Satisfaction

Simon Drake, CEO of Austin Data Labs, one of this year's Top Tech Startup winners, talks about radical customer satisfaction and risk mitigation and how AI presents benefits to help map out models of the supply chain.

January 10, 2024

Austin Data Labs

In a world of uncertainty and risk, Simon Drake, CEO of Austin Data Labs, one of this year's Top Tech Startup winners, focuses on radical customer satisfaction by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to help customers plan around different scenarios, different food supply and different demand strategies to overcome supply chain disruptions.

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