SAS, as a global leader in analytics and AI, has helped hundreds of customers turn data into decisions, highlighting the challenges and opportunities in scaling AI across various enterprises. The company's Vice President of Industry and Market Strategy, Tom Roehm, illustrated how organizations can leverage AI and data to drive efficiency, improve decision-making, and stay ahead of the competition by focusing on speed, scalability, and trust. Key takeaways from Tom's presentation included learning faster with AI, real-world examples of AI at scale, partnership with SingleStore, focus on performance, productivity, and trust, and new offerings such as SAS Viya models as a product, allowing enterprises to integrate specialized AI models into their workflows. The strategic partnership between SAS and SingleStore enables customers to integrate SAS' AI capabilities with SingleStore's real-time data processing, providing advantages like faster data ingestion, reduced data movement, and lower total cost of ownership.