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Why Your Strategic Control Point Is Everything In The Agentic AI Era

In a Forbes Innovation article, Aziz Benmalek argues that in the agentic AI era, companies must secure strategic control points by owning proprietary data and positioning themselves at decision-making junctures, as those who control these points will dominate the market.

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Why Your Strategic Control Point Is Everything In The Agentic AI Era
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By Aziz Benmalek, CommunityVoiceSource:

Forbes InnovationThe pattern is the same everywhere: own data no one else has and sit as close as possible to the point where decisions are made.

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