Telcos worldwide are increasingly deploying AI/ML technologies, but a recent report from STL Partners suggests that they can achieve financial benefits of more than 8% of annual revenues by leveraging analytics, AI, and automation. Aerospike's real-time data platform is designed to ingest large amounts of data in real-time for parallel processing, enabling efficient AI/ML operations. The platform separates compute (Spark) and storage (Aerospike), allowing independent right-sizing for lower TCO. Aerospike also offers a low-latency inference pipeline, Cross Datacenter Replication (XDR), and Spark Connector for AI/ML. Many telecom use cases can benefit from these capabilities, including real-time cross-selling/up-selling in online gaming, fraud detection, and churn prediction.