Box CEO: the trillion-dollar AI value is in the applied layer, not the model

victor_explore · x · 2026-09-21

Box CEO Aaron Levie argues the trillion dollars of AI value sits in the applied layer — the last mile of getting the technology to actually work for lawyers, sales reps, life-sciences researchers and support teams. The poster adds: every pitch deck puts the value in the model, but the real money is in the boring part — someone sitting with a lawyer until the thing works. That work doesn't scale, which is exactly why it pays.

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