# AI Is The Canal. Forward-Looking Data Is The New Water.

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-is-the-canal-forward-looking-data-is-the-new-water-ashb>
> Published: 2026-07-27 14:00:00+00:00

# AI Is The Canal. Forward-Looking Data Is The New Water.

By Gary Drenik, ContributorSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)AI may be the canal. But data is the water. And most firms are filling their new canals with the same water everyone else already has.

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