Key Takeaways Brandon Daniels is the CEO of Exiger, an AI-powered supply chain risk management company.
In a new interview, Daniels explains that three skills are going to be “utterly critical” for the future.
Daniels also says that AI is likely to replace jobs in software engineering and legal services.
AI may have become mainstream when ChatGPT launched in November 2022, but for Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels, it’s been a decades-long journey.
“I have been in AI for 20 years,” Daniels, 45, tells Entrepreneur in a new interview. “I’ve built AI systems for my entire career.”
Daniels became CEO of Exiger in May 2022 after previously serving as president of its technology and growth business. He has also held leadership positions at intellectual property software developer CPA Global and business consulting firm Clutch Group.
Exiger helps businesses see and manage risks in their supply chains and third-party relationships. The company uses AI to show firms exactly what is in their supply chain and spot risks before they become disruptive. The company’s valuation is in the “multi-billion dollar range,” according to Daniels.
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Daniels tells Entrepreneur that AI is likely to replace jobs, predicting that the technology will go after call center jobs, administrative and support roles and marketing positions first. He also said that AI would lead to “a reduction” of roles in the software engineering field and impact the legal space. According to Precedence Research, the global legal services market size was close to $1 trillion in 2024 and is projected to reach $1.55 trillion by 2034.
“I think that’s a market that could see a huge deflation in volume of people necessary, from contracting to reviewing documents and litigation to giving sound written legal advice,” Daniels says.
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