Building the Foundations for Scalable Industrial AI - with Jeff Witt of GE Vernova

A recommendation that's right 80% of the time sounds fine, until it's steering machinery next to a person. On the factory floor, that margin is the difference between routine and catastrophic. In this episode, Jeff Witt, Global Process Digital Authority at GE Vernova, examines why industrial AI demands a different standard of rigor than its enterprise counterpart, from edge computing architectures to context-rich recommendations frontline workers can trust immediately. He also outlines a framework for earning the right to automate, proving a process is documented, optimized, and consistent before scaling AI across multiple sites. This episode is sponsored by Poka. Learn how to evaluate AI vendors by assessing leadership expertise, and why funding benchmarks can signal product maturity and stability. Download our free PDF report, "5 Ways to Select the Right AI Vendor," at emerj.com/aiv1 ​