Who funds the compute, owns the data, and holds the kill switch for your AI workflow?
YvesMulkers · x · 2026-08-16
Data & AI consultant Yves Mulkers poses a Monday-meeting question: for your most important AI workflow, can you name who funds its compute, who owns its training data, and who could legally switch it off?
His follow-up: how many of those answers are actually you? For most teams the answer is likely "none of them" — exposing how deeply organizations depend on others for compute, data, and control in the AI era. He invites readers to reply with what they're seeing.
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