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AI is Changing Everything... Including the SD Times 100
PushButton AI Team ·
The AI landscape just got reorganized — and that's actually good news for you. Every year, SD Times publishes their list of the 100 most important players in software. This year, they had to rebuild
The AI landscape just got reorganized — and that's actually good news for you.
Every year, SD Times publishes their list of the 100 most important players in software. This year, they had to rebuild the entire category structure just to make sense of how AI has reshaped the industry. That tells you something important.
You're not confused because you're behind. You're confused because the map keeps changing — even for the experts.
Here's what this means practically: the AI tools worth your attention right now fall into clear buckets — automation, integration, and workflow. Not "AI everything." Specific problems, specific tools.
If you bought something that nobody uses, it's likely because the tool was sold as a solution before anyone identified the actual problem it was solving in your business.
One reframe that changes everything: before evaluating any AI tool, write down the one manual task your team repeats most — something that eats 3-5 hours a week. That's your starting point. Not a platform. Not a strategy. A single repeatable task.
That's where your first win lives. Measurable. Low-risk. No ripping anything apart.
What's the one task in your business you wish someone else could handle — that you keep doing manually anyway?
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We hope you find that this and the new landscape can help you navigate successfully through the AI frontier. THE CATEGORIES. Integration, APIs & ...