Building vs. Buying AI Solutions – What’s Right for Your Business?
Discover the Key to AI Success: Build, Buy, or Hybrid?
In today’s innovation-driven world, businesses want to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline operations, enhance customer and user experiences, and gain new data insights. But before you get started, you should evaluate whether you should buy an off-the-shelf AI solution, build your own, or consider a hybrid buy-and-build approach.
As is often the case, the answer is not clear-cut, and it comes down to a series of questions to help you choose the best path forward. Join us as we explore the value of each option—buy, build, and hybrid—and help you move through a decision tree that will guide you to the best answer given your needs. To ground our conversation, we will focus on Microsoft’s Generative AI suite, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Studio, and the newly introduced Agentic AI.
You’ll learn about:
Microsoft’s Generative AI Options
Understand the different tools available to you and the key capabilities that they offer.
Learn about licensing and pricing models.
Appreciate the different ways that the tools approach content access and security.
How to Evaluate Which Tools and Approaches Are Best
When to Buy – Explore the advantages of pre-built AI solutions, including speed to market and lower upfront costs.
When to Build – Understand when building a custom AI solution is the right choice to address unique challenges and achieve tailored results.
Hybrid Approach – Learn how businesses can combine the best of both worlds by customizing off-the-shelf solutions for enhanced capabilities.
Join us if you’re looking to…
Understand the generative AI landscape and its core benefits
Identify the most pragmatic approach for integrating AI into your business
