In one week, Anthropic (Claude) raised more money than most chemical distributors make in a lifetime: $65 billion.

That’s Google’s $40 billion and Amazon’s $25 billion, announced in the same week. Money that pushes AI into every platform your distribution business runs on, if you’ve invested in technology.

After decades of watching this industry adapt, I’ve seen what happens when outside capital enters a sector: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.

The distributors who have clean data, a clear problem to solve, and a real opinion on how AI gets deployed in their operation will move faster than the ones waiting to make a move.

What’s one problem in your business you’d want AI to fix?