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From AI Innovation to Real-World Impact

  • Chris Rommel

Qualcomm & VDC on the Future of Edge AI 

Qualcomm sponsored VDC’s attendance at Dragonwing IoT Day

How can companies move beyond AI experimentation to build smarter products, accelerate deployment, and deliver measurable business value? 

As AI moves from software into the physical world, OEMs face new opportunities to embed intelligence directly into connected devices, equipment, and industrial systems. 

Qualcomm is helping companies make that transition, combining its leadership in connectivity, computing, and on-device AI to enable the next generation of intelligent products. 

In this executive conversation, Qualcomm’s Nakul Duggal joins VDC Strategy’s Chris Rommel to explore what’s accelerating AI adoption, the challenges of bringing AI-powered products to market, and the decisions shaping successful deployments. 

Key Topics Explored : 

  • From skepticism to adoption: How two decades of connectivity and data generation have laid the foundation for AI’s rapid advancement. 
  • Closing the prototype-to-production gap: What OEMs must consider when bringing AI-powered products from development into commercial deployment. 
  • Edge AI vs. cloud AI: How data requirements, latency, performance, and cost influence where AI workloads should run. 
  • Turning AI investment into ROI: Why successful adoption requires rethinking workflows and identifying where intelligence can deliver meaningful operational improvements. 

Discover Qualcomm’s perspective on the technologies, architectures, and business considerations shaping the next generation of AI-powered products. 

Watch the Full Discussion. 

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About Mitch

Mitch Solomon

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Mitch has spent years supporting senior leaders of operational and industrial technology companies as well as private equity investors that participate in the space.  He is an active member of the Technology and Innovation Council at Graham Partners, a leading industrial technology focused private equity firm, and serves on the advisory boards of OptConnect (a top IoT connectivity provider) and DecisionPoint (a rapidly growing operational technology systems integrator).  Mitch has worked closely with a wide range of industrial technology clients on a diverse array of growth opportunities and challenges including applications of AI, c-suite recruiting, strategic planning, new market identification and entry, product strategy, competitive positioning, revenue retention, value proposition identification and messaging, sales strategy and execution, and board presentations. Mitch holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.