𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽–𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

Venture Partner Ron Shevlin sees Infra when he looks at AI, and sees the future in the apps on top.

AI-generated image. Prompt: A bank building woven into a digital neural network, with data streams, cloud‑like infrastructure nodes, and human silhouettes collaborating with AI assistants in the foreground.

Institutions that approach generative AI this way are seeing measurable improvements in productivity and staff enablement in three key areas: 1) knowledge management; 2) process and workflow optimization; and 3) personal productivity.

AI isn’t a project—it’s infrastructure because it:
1️⃣ 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Think of it as a digital power grid: once built, it feeds every part of the organization.
2️⃣ 𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀. Infrastructure isn’t just hard-coded logic—it’s built to learn and adapt.
3️⃣ 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Teams can innovate faster without reinventing the tech every time.
4️⃣ 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴. AI becomes most powerful when it disappears into the background—powering everything, not just one shiny thing.

Read more of Ron’s thinking on LinkedIn, and view the full post at his column at Forbes.