Nick Patience

Vice President & Practice Lead, AI Platforms

Nick is Vice President & Practice Lead, AI Platforms. He is a thought leader on the development, deployment and adoption of AI — an area he has been researching for 25 years. Prior to Futurum, Nick was a Managing Analyst with S&P Global Market Intelligence, with responsibility for 451 Research’s coverage of Data, AI, Analytics, Information Security and Risk. Nick became part of S&P Global through its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research, a pioneering analyst firm Nick co-founded in 1999. He is a sought-after speaker and advisor, known for his expertise in the drivers of AI adoption, industry use cases, and the infrastructure behind its development and deployment. Nick also spent three years as a product marketing lead at Recommind (now part of OpenText), a machine learning-driven eDiscovery software company. Nick is based in London.

Recent Insights, NEWS & RESEARCH:

Nick Patience, VP & AI Practice Lead at Futurum, reveals that 52% of organizations now prioritize AI expertise over price when selecting vendors, marking a strategic shift toward capability-driven procurement.
Nick Patience at Futurum shares insights on NVIDIA's European AI sovereignty expansion, including 20 AI factories, strategic government partnerships, and industrial transformation initiatives reshaping Europe's AI
Snowflake Unveils Cortex AI Enhancements, OpenFlow for Interoperability, and Significant Compute Performance Upgrades, Aiming To Make AI More Accessible and Efficient for Enterprises
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Snowflake Summit 2025. Key announcements like Cortex AI, OpenFlow, and Adaptive Compute aim to accelerate enterprise AI by unifying data and enhancing compute efficiency.
Nick Patience explores how open-source models from Meta, DeepSeek, and others challenge proprietary AI dominance, revealing a pragmatic enterprise split between open models for flexibility and proprietary for managed services.
Nick Patience, VP & AI Practice Lead at Futurum, reveals CEOs and CTOs now drive 44.5% of AI decisions, showing a strategic shift from technology-first to business-first leadership in enterprise AI adoption.
Key Announcements Center on watsonx.orchestrate, watsonx.data, and Granite 4.0, as IBM Aims to Make AI Agents and Unstructured Data Pivotal for Enterprise Transformation
Nick Patience and Brad Shimmin, analysts at Futurum, share insights on IBM Think 2025, where IBM showcased advancements in its watsonx platform, focusing on IBM Agentic AI, unstructured data, and hybrid cloud to drive enterprise value.

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