On the 37th episode of Enterprise Software Innovators, hosts Evan Reiser (Abnormal Security) and Saam Motamedi (Greylock Partners) talk with Saket Srivastava, CIO of Asana. Asana is a leader in project management platforms, allowing teams to stay organized, communicate effectively, and achieve their project goals efficiently. Asana has more than 130,000 customers in over 200 countries across the globe. In this conversation, Saket reflects on the dynamic role of AI in business, strategic considerations informing technology adoption, and how enterprises can best embrace the digital frontier.

Quick hits from Saket:

On the hype vs. reality of AI: “Gen AI might be overhyped in the shorter term, but in the longer term, it might actually be underhyped. The possibilities with Gen AI are something we are just beginning to understand. We're still scratching the surface, I think this is still the preview that we're seeing.”

On the current role of CIOs: “As CIOs, our work is more about being a business leader, being that business strategist, being that business architect who's able to connect the dots across the company. And it's important that we're able to sort of drive conversations and drive strategy for the company.”

On identifying meaningful AI use cases: “One was this notion again around a copilot for our go to market teams, who need to do research around our prospects and customers. There's a ton of that research and Gen AI is perfect to kind of do that on their behalf. So, Gen AI could create a cheat sheet for them."

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