Modern CTO

Are Apps Going to Get Axed by Conversational AI? with Jacques Klick, Director of Market Strategy at Sinch

Modern CTO

Show Notes

We’re putting more and more trust into AI. Will it all blend into one app?

Today, we're talking to Jacques Klick, Director of Market Strategy & Product Marketing at Sinch. We discuss why the app store era is quietly ending and what replaces it, how a 62% enterprise AI adoption rate is hiding a 74% rollback problem, and what RCS actually is and why it might be the most underutilized channel in marketing right now.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

To learn more about Sinch, check out their website here.

To read Sinch's full report on The AI Production Paradox, check it out here.

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