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The Enterprise AI ROI Era Has Arrived
In March 2024, we launched the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA to help operationalize AI and prove value. Today, with more than 4,000 customers deploying the Dell AI Factory and early adopters seeing up to 2.6x ROI within the first year1, we're sharing what we've learned about what it really takes to make enterprise AI successful.
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