The AI revolution won’t be won by those who build the best models. It’ll be won by those who democratize access

Our CEO & Co-founder Vijai Velu recently joined a panel on “AI Commons: Democratising Data, Compute & Models” and here’s what he shared:

We talk about AI democratization like it’s one thing. It’s not. It’s three:

Model Commons — Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral. Open source models are now enterprise ready. The moat around proprietary AI is shrinking fast.

Platform Commons — Oracle embedding 50+ AI agents at no additional cost into Fusion Applications. A mid market manufacturer now has the same AI firepower as a Fortune 500. That’s radical.

Talent Commons — This is where Elfonze plays. We’re proving that we can deliver world class implementations from emerging cities with Tier 1 impact.

Another key aspect he added was about what most organizations miss in the AI journey:

When you scale AI, technology rarely breaks first. Governance does

Who owns the exceptions? Who’s accountable when the AI makes a judgment call? Define it before you scale, not after.

At Elfonze, we call it the Governance Triangle: the AI agent, the human reviewer, the escalation path.Scale the triangle, not just the agent.

The AI Commons isn’t a destination. It’s a direction

Every time we choose open standards over lock in. Every time we activate talent in underserved regions. Every time we implement enterprise AI for organizations previously priced out.

We move toward the commons.