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Awesome being at the tech fest with Sidekick Labs showing the power of agentic AI at scale.
25/08/2026

Awesome being at the tech fest with Sidekick Labs showing the power of agentic AI at scale.

Most companies I speak to know their data has value. Far fewer know what to charge for it.We’ve spent a lot of time at A...
11/08/2026

Most companies I speak to know their data has value. Far fewer know what to charge for it.

We’ve spent a lot of time at Alternata working on exactly that problem, and I’ve pulled what we’ve learnt into a new practical guide: Pricing Data Products.

The central idea is fairly simple: data shouldn’t be priced based on what it costs you to produce. It should be priced based on the value it creates for the buyer.

The book covers the frameworks we use in practice, including:

the Value Ladder, moving from raw data to insights, decisions and actions

a valuation framework for putting a defensible price on a data product

different commercial models, from subscriptions to revenue share and performance-linked pricing

how privacy, governance and trust can actually increase pricing power

One of the biggest lessons for me has been that building the data product is often not the hardest part.

Hopefully this makes that a little easier.

Retail sorted this out a while back. Till data turned into a media business and it's now one of the better margins in th...
28/07/2026

Retail sorted this out a while back. Till data turned into a media business and it's now one of the better margins in the sector.

Less obvious why others haven't built anything comparable off theirs.

Most of what we do is the unfashionable end of that question, which is whether you're actually permitted to sell what you're proposing to sell.

I'm really proud of what we've built at Alternata.The State of Data Monetisation in African Financial Services is our at...
21/07/2026

I'm really proud of what we've built at Alternata.

The State of Data Monetisation in African Financial Services is our attempt to create something practical and not another report that sits on your desktop in a folder called "To Read" (mine is called "A To Read" so it's always at the top).

This aims to be something executives can actually use to build a data monetisation business.

A huge thank you to everyone who shared their time, insights and feedback along the way. This is just the beginning.

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Being released on Monday. Comment report to be added to the distribution list.
16/07/2026

Being released on Monday. Comment report to be added to the distribution list.

Data Constellations explores the idea that the greatest value in data doesn't come from individual datasets, but from th...
09/07/2026

Data Constellations explores the idea that the greatest value in data doesn't come from individual datasets, but from the connections between them and when you put them together.

Just like stars become constellations when they're linked together, organisations create new intelligence when they collaborate (responsibly and ethically).

Still lots of writing, rewriting, and refining ahead, but holding an early copy makes it worth it!

30/06/2026

In the Data Monetisation Podcast, I chatted to Bruce Main about their JSE_Group listed AI ETF.

26/06/2026

Elon Musk proposes a radical solution to energy limitations: AI data centers in space. Harnessing space's potential to solve Earth's power crunch and a glimpse into the future of computing.

Part of the reason for my involvement in the Ivy AI fund is my fascination with the AI ecosystem.
08/06/2026

Part of the reason for my involvement in the Ivy AI fund is my fascination with the AI ecosystem.

Agentic AI doesn't need better models, it needs better data to act on.Everyone's talking about AI agents that can reason...
20/05/2026

Agentic AI doesn't need better models, it needs better data to act on.

Everyone's talking about AI agents that can reason, plan, and execute but an agent is only as good as the data it's working with.

The companies that will win the agentic era are the ones supplying the best data to feed them.

That's the next frontier of data monetisation.

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