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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Saturday, July 25, 2026

McCord CPO: No ROI Problem, But a Period of Exploration and Experimentation

Osvald Nitzky believes that companies are not currently facing an ROI problem with AI spend but are in a phase of exploration and experimentation. He suggests there is more tolerance for calculating ROI correctly, and while some spending is tightening, the rapid pace of AI development means ROI calculations can shift significantly.

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I don't think there's an ROI problem right now.
Osvald Nitzky
I think we're in a period of exploration and experimentation where there's more tolerance, more patience to get that ROI calculation right now.
Osvald Nitzky
But I think the paradigm we're in is still, let's see what happens because things are moving so quickly that the ROI calculation might shift too traumatically still.
Osvald Nitzky
Heard on The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) — “20VC: Mercor CPO on Revenue Concentration from Frontier Labs | Why Large Enterprise is Scared to Partner with Frontier Labs | Why Small Specialised Models is the Future with Osvald Nitski, published Saturday, July 25, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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