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How AI Will Transform — and Shrink — Your Technology Stack with David Habib, Author of Latent Vector

The Cost Management Center Podcast

The Cost Management Center Podcast
How AI Will Transform — and Shrink — Your Technology Stack with David Habib, Author of Latent Vector
Apr 16, 2026 Episode 7
Duane Deason

What if the cloud applications your company depends on today become obsolete? In this episode, I sit down with David Habib, a Chief Information Officer and author of a book on artificial intelligence, who has spent considerable time thinking about where AI is taking us — and the answer has major implications for your technology budget.

David's central thesis is as provocative as it is compelling. AI has the potential to reshape a company's entire cost structure. We focused particularly on his premise that AI will eventually eliminate the need for many of today's most popular cloud applications — not just the licensing costs of those platforms, but also the expensive, time-consuming work of integrating them. Beyond the obvious cost savings, companies will be less constrained by applications that never seem to offer exactly what they need.

For cost-focused leaders, this warrants close attention. Listeners will walk away with a forward-looking perspective on how AI could reshape technology costs and unlock capabilities that current platforms simply don't allow.


Connect with David Online:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidphabib/

Website: https://davidhabib.com/

Latent Vector book: https://www.amazon.com/Latent-Vector-David-Habib/dp/B0FPTFD861

Find more from Duane:

Email: ddeason@efficacygroup.com

Website: https://efficacygroup.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanedeason/

Buy the Operationally Svelte book: https://efficacygroup.com/company-efficiency-book/