Ready To Make The Jump Into Ai? Check Your Foundation First

RaceTrac's journey into the world of AI and ML took about three years to complete. Before we could venture into this space, we had to take an assessment of our current environment to ensure that we had a solid foundation. By this, we had to assess the following:

• Technology Stack

• People

• Processes

From a technological standpoint, we moved from being 100% on-premise to a hybrid cloud environment. One of our key considerations in planning this migration was our people. We identified our internal technical strengths and weaknesses and provided proper training where necessary. We also brought in technology partners to build a robust team.

This assessment was not only within IT but also our overall data culture. We established a data and AI education program to educate all data users on proper data definition and usage, data ...