In today’s Tech Pulse, gain insight into how:

• Strategic management of working capital, leveraging technology and process optimization, can equip businesses to navigate market volatility and fuel long-term success.

• The integration of AI and data analytics in the banking sector is paving the way towards sustainable banking practices, enhancing product offerings and supply chain sustainability.

• Monetizing AI-based APIs through usage-based billing models aligns pricing with customer value, ensuring scalability and preventing abuse in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Each of these articles is penned by members of Forbes Technology Council, key luminaries shaping the future of technology leadership.

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Mastering Working Capital: The Need for a Holistic Approach 📊

Working capital, a measure of a company's liquidity and ability to cover short-term obligations, is a critical aspect of financial health.

Against the challenges posed by economic fluctuations, technological advancements, stringent environmental regulations, and geopolitical instability, companies need a more strategic approach to managing this resource.

Here are some strategies to manage capital:

🌐 Global Economic Fluctuations: Diversify market presence and create robust foreign exchange risk management strategies to survive volatile economies.

💻 Technological Advancements: Invest in new systems and embrace automation for increased efficiency, especially in inventory management and accounts payable.

🌿 Environmental And Regulatory Dynamics: Integrate sustainable practices in operations for both compliance and cost savings.

🌍 Geopolitical Instability: Mitigate unpredictable disruptions via supplier diversification and adaptive supply chain strategies.

In the journey ahead, it's imperative for companies to champion digital transformation, sustainability, and cross-departmental collaboration for a resilient working capital strategy.

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Revolutionizing Finance: A Greener Future with AI and Data Analytics 🌱

In the effort to achieve net-zero emissions and comply with stringent ESG regulations like the European Banking Authority's climate disclosure mandate, financial institutions are turning to AI and data analytics. These technologies are critical for developing sustainable practices that align with global sustainability goals.

Here’s how AI and data analytics can achieve sustainability/:

🔍 Sustainable Products Evolution: Banks are creating eco-friendly products like green loans and savings, with AI and analytics enhancing the sustainability aspects of financial services, aimed at promoting investments in sustainable goods.

🔄 Enhancing Supply Chain Sustainability: Advanced analytics enable banks to monitor and manage ESG risk within supply chains, setting standards for suppliers’ sustainability practices to ensure accountability and transparency.

📊 Navigating Regulatory Compliance & ESG Assessment: With AI, banks can standardize the vast, yet disparate, ESG data, assisting in more precise and informed ESG evaluations and regulatory compliance.

As we look forward, the intertwining of sustainability initiatives with AI and data analytics is key to transforming the financial industry into a force for positive environmental change, ensuring a more sustainable and innovative future.

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Growing Revenue: Monetizing AI-Based APIs through Usage-Based Models 💡

With the surge in AI-based applications and APIs post-ChatGPT, the focus on monetizing these innovative tools is paramount. Traditional SaaS pricing models fall short of AI-based APIs due to their unique cost and value propositions.

Here's how to align pricing with value, ensure scalability, and prevent abuse in monetizing AI-based APIs:

🔄 Align Pricing with Customer Value: Instead of charging per API call, consider the output's value. For example, pricing could be based on the number of input and output tokens for language models or the length of audio clips for audio APIs.

💸 Ensure Cost Scales with Pricing: AI applications have significant infrastructure costs. Pricing should reflect the varying costs of different requests and models to avoid price arbitrage.

🛑 Prevent Abuse: The simplicity of API calls risks abuse and arbitrage. Strategies to mitigate this include:

🎟 Prepaid Billing: Customers pay upfront, purchasing either a predefined quota or credits for flexible usage. This approach reduces abuse risk by having customers commit financially before extensive usage.

📈 Threshold-Based Invoicing: Combining postpaid billing with threshold-based invoicing, where invoices are issued as soon as a consumption threshold is reached, can minimize abuse while reducing onboarding friction.

By pivoting to usage-based billing models like pay-as-you-go or consumption-based billing, businesses can ensure a fair and scalable monetization strategy for AI-based APIs.

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