Enterprise Software Takes an RFP. This Takes an Hour | Arya Bolurfrushan, AppliedAI

Four and a half years thinking about work from first principles, and a deliberate rejection of the vendor selection process. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Arya Bolurfrushan founded AppliedAI, whose flagship product Opus takes its name from the word for work. He describes the centralised procurement path that drains signal out of every request, and why self-serve deployment is the point rather than a feature. KEY FINDINGS • Four and a half years examining the future of work from first principles • Most people drawing meaning in life from their work • Centralised IT holding a hundred competing priorities • Signal lost explaining your process and then changing it • RFPs, proofs of concept and vendor selection consuming the timeline • Self-serve deployment usable within the hour • Why hiring specialists to implement defeats the purpose GUEST Arya H. Bolurfrushan, Founder & CEO, AppliedAI FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/arya-bolurfrushan-appliedai-opus Recorded at the Future Investment Initiative, Riyadh, for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview more than 500 senior leaders on camera: scientists, operators, f