The article explores real-world examples of different scaling models for AI teams in organizations across various industries and sizes.
JPMorgan Chase has a Centralized Machine Learning Center of Excellence (CoE) to collaborate with business units and deploy AI solutions across the enterprise.
Walmart established a Centralized AI CoE with strong executive support to drive AI adoption and alignment with strategic objectives.
Siemens employs a Central AI Lab/CoE to drive industrial AI transformation by working with various business units and providing training programs.
Booking.com uses Embedded Data Science Teams to focus on specific product areas and collaborate closely with product teams.
Smaller tech firms and startups often utilize a Decentralized model by embedding data scientists into different teams to accelerate AI feature development.
Airbnb transitioned to a Hybrid model with a mix of centralized and embedded data science teams aligned with product and functional areas.
Meta (Facebook) follows a Federated (Hybrid) Model, where individual product teams own their data/AI projects while central teams provide common infrastructure and tools.
Uber developed an AI-as-a-Platform approach with a centralized ML platform team offering ML-as-a-service to enable all product teams to deploy ML models at scale.
Spotify employs a hybrid ML Platform Guild model where a central ML platform team provides services, and product squads use these services to integrate AI features quickly.