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Evan Smith, my co-founder at Altana, speaks on Simply Trade Podcast on AI to manage value chains, from extraction of raw materials through final distribution, at massive scale.

AI systems that sit upon an underlying source of truth enable novel capacity to understand complex systems such as the production of all physical goods on the planet. Very much enjoyed the conversation with Fast Company on how AI enables construction and analysis of Altana's Value Chain Management System -- a system that enables scaled management of value chains based on a dynamic, intelligent, universal map of the global supply chain. We discuss how analysis and action are enabled based on such a shared source of truth and how federated structures allow collaboration through shared intelligence without shared data. https://lnkd.in/edVTJbbf

Honored to be hosted on A.P. Moller - Maersk's Beyond the Box episode. We discuss how AI enables allows scaled management of global value chains, all steps in production of goods from extraction through final distribution. Such AI-based scaled understanding of and action upon the global physical economy allows better logistics, procurement, compliance, environmental-harm-reduction, insurance, and more. In other words, a better, fairer, more resilient, and more efficient world. Written summary: https://lnkd.in/etA9W6nH Spotify link: https://lnkd.in/ehneKh6Z Youtube: https://lnkd.in/eanbV9Ah

AI in Border Management at University of Victoria July 29-31 -- please join us! I'm honored to be teaching this course along with Thomas Cantens. Details below: BIG Lab Summer Institutes — Artificial Intelligence in Border Management July 29th–31st, 2024 | online or in-person at the University of Victoria Discover the practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in trade facilitation and trade enforcement. Accessible to learners with or without a technical background, this institute will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to be a principled consumer and designer of AI and ML systems. You'll have the opportunity to connect with and learn from academics and professionals from all over the world and earn a Professional Development Certificate through the University of Victoria. Register now while seats remain! https://lnkd.in/efh4bAxq

The global physical economy runs on value chains, all steps in production from extraction of raw materials through intermediate manufacturing and final distribution. The epochal challenges of our material world - be they growth, resiliency, security, sustainability, or human rights - are value chain problems. Altana has built the world's first Value Chain Management system to allow management of value chains at massive scale. We leverage cutting-edge AI and engineering to construct, analyze, and act upon such value chains based on a dynamic, intelligent, universal map of the global supply chain. We can all build a better globalization by understanding the entire value chain for all physical goods.  Such a globalization will be resilient, sustainable, secure, and efficient.

Trusted value chains, understood from raw material extraction through final distribution, are the key to resiliency, security, efficiency, fairness, and growth. World Customs Organization Deputy Secretary General Ricardo Treviño Chapa highlights well the key importance of scalable understanding of supply chains to economic growth and national security. Modern technology, including AI, presents novel opportunities to understand and manage complex global value chains at scale. We are fortunate to have new tools to work with and understand an increasingly fragmented world.

Not since the cold war have geopolitics played such a central role in #supplychain decisions. Now, as my co-founder @Evan Smith notes: "the drumbeat of new rules, regulations and tariffs is complicating trade compliance efforts, especially for larger companies that sit atop a supply chain that can include hundreds of thousands of suppliers." Read the latest from Paul Berger in The Wall Street Journal:

Honored by Authority Magazine's profile below. Living through the current AI moment is like living through electrification -- such an exciting moment to be alive.

Join our growing Australian team and contribute to the world’s only federated, dynamic, and intelligent map of the global supply chain. You’ll be working on key solutions to build a more resilient, ethical, secure, and efficient physical economy. Open positions below.