Nick Patience

Vice President & Practice Lead, Artificial Intelligence Software & Tools

Nick is Vice President & Practice Lead, Artificial Intelligence Software & Tools. 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:

SAS Evolves Its Cloud Strategy With the Viya Platform While Expanding Into Agentic AI and Synthetic Data Generation
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares insights on SAS Institute's strategic pivot to cloud-native analytics with Viya while expanding into agentic AI and synthetic data following its acquisition of Hazy Data.
AI-Optimized Infrastructure Positions CoreWeave as a Strategic Alternative to Hyperscalers Amid GPU Shortage
Nick Patience, VP & AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, analyzes the S-1 filing of GPU infrastructure provider CoreWeave; the first step on its path to an IPO.
Nick Patience, VP & AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, reveals organizations rapidly advancing through AI maturity stages, with transformational adoption projected to more than double from 11% to 27% as businesses shift from experimentation to strategic implementation across industries.
Snowflake Reports Healthy Q4 Results as AI Investments Begin Paying Dividends
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group shares his insights on Snowflake’s Q4 2025 earnings & what they mean for the broader AI and data analytics space.
Nick Patience, Vice President & AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, analyzes Glean's strategic expansion into AI agents, examining how the company's evolution from enterprise search to a comprehensive Work AI platform positions it as a rising force in enterprise AI technology.
Major Partnership Sees Databricks Offered as a First-Party Data Service; Aims to Modernize SAP Data Access and Accelerate AI Adoption Through Business Data Cloud
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, examines the strategic partnership between SAP and Databricks that combines SAP's enterprise data assets with Databricks' data platform capabilities through SAP Business Data Cloud, marking a significant shift in enterprise data accessibility and AI innovation.

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