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:

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.
The Futurum Group’s latest research report, HPE Private Cloud AI with NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE: Essential to Accelerating GenAI Industrial Transformation, completed in partnership with HPE and NVIDIA, assesses why HPE Private Cloud AI directly addresses the top challenges enterprises face in adopting AI across their entire organization.
In our latest brief, Unlocking the Power of Private Cloud With NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE: A Smarter Approach, completed in partnership with HPE and NVIDIA, delves into HPE’s Private Cloud AI, which offers enterprises a turnkey solution that eliminates the complexities of a DIY approach while accelerating AI adoption.
Nick Patience, VP & AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group reveals key findings from comprehensive AI market research showing surge to $127B in 2024 and rapid enterprise adoption, with 56% of organizations expecting major transformation from AI by 2027-2029.
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank Join Forces to Build Massive Data Center Network as a Key Issue for US National Security
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group examines President Trump's ambitious $500B Stargate initiative that aims to revolutionize US AI infrastructure while countering China's rapid advances in AI development.
CoreWeave’s Newly Opened Crawley and London Docklands Facilities, Featuring NVIDIA H200 GPUs, Bolster Its AI Hyperscaling Efforts in Alignment With the UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan
Nick Patience, VP and AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, explores CoreWeave's launch of UK-based data centers featuring NVIDIA H200 GPUs, driving AI innovation and supporting the UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan.

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