Tobias Zwingmann

Author of AI-Powered BI (O'REILLY) | AI Coach & Mentor | I help organizations leverage AI and use data more intelligently to improve business performance. Sharing AI use cases & learnings.

My AI rule is simple. "If it doesn't cut costs, save time, increase throughput, remove risk or unlock revenue, it gets cut".In 5-continent wide enterprises and in the mid-sized companies finding $10k+ monthly savings in unexpected places I've helped, Profitable AI is about the same thing: Finding the overlap of what AI can do and what your bottom line needs it to do.Here's how I can help:→ Read the book: "The Profitable AI Advantage" – Frameworks for finding &amp; executing AI opportunities that pay off→ Use PAIGE: My AI strategy tool that helps you identify and evaluate opportunities for your specific business  → Join the Club: Direct access to me as you implement AI in your business (capped at 100 members)→ Work with me: When you're ready, my firm RAPYD.AI delivers AI strategy consulting and custom implementations that pay for themselves.I share what I'm learning every week in my Profitable AI newsletter – read by 10,000+ professionals who are tired of flashy demos and want real results instead.Follow along if you like. Or better: tell me what you're trying to figure out.

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We help you build amazing AI products faster.

In 2026, building a quick demo is effectively free. AI lets you pace through the Discovery phase at 10x speed. But look at the chart:
 
There is a cliff between Discovery and Delivery.
 
Where the "Exit Probability" spikes.
 
Where you realize the data isn’t ready.
Or the model isn’t reliable enough for a live customer.
Or the edge cases are too expensive to fix.
 
That high failure rate is actually fine. 
It’s a filter.

The problem is if the shipping rate is 0.

Because ROI only happens when you cross the blue line into Production.

Building the "shipping muscle" – to take the one surviving idea and deploy it as a real asset – is the most important skill that counts right now.

(Image adapted from Augmented Analytics, O'Reilly (2024)

Author: The Profitable AI Advantage. Created profits with AI from enterprise giants to 20-person teams.

Aaaaand that’s another wrap! It’s been super fun to record a new hands-on AI course, first time at the LinkedIn studios Graz. Huge thanks to the whole crew Jessica B. Violeta Puerta Cano Gregor Verdovsek Natalie Pao and more for a smooth experience and really cool live action setup. 

Looking forward to the release!

Can’t reveal the title yet, but it you want to build local AI automations without much technical overhead, this one’s for you.

Stay tuned.

PS: Back on the other side of the alps. Biggest benefit of small airports is you can just walk to your plane lol.

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PwC just released a new survey with 4,454 CEOs across 95 countries.

Take a look at this chart:

56% saw zero financial benefit from AI.
Only 12%(!) saw revenue AND cost impact.

What are these 12% doing differently? 

According to the report, the winners have:

✓ AI-ready tech stack and data environment
✓ A clear enterprise AI roadmap
✓ AI governance and risk management in place
✓ People and culture readiness for change

All of which are huge.

But 1 critical piece is still missing. 
(Tbh I think it's the most important.)

I'll break down what that is in Saturday’s newsletter.

Sign up before Saturday, 3:00 PM CET to get it in your inbox.
(Link under my name)

Henry Maske: Olympic champion, world champion, one of Germany's most respected athletes, builder of 10 McDonald's franchises.

He also invested in an AI sports tech company the same year I co-founded RAPYD.AI.

Caught his talk at DOMOTEX today. I hope his AI endeavors will be profitable – so I handed him a copy of my book after.

Fun moment!

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