Opinion
Sameer Sankhe
Aug 26, 2025

From billable hours to billion-dollar IP: Agencies face AI reckoning

As AI reshapes industries, agencies must pivot from selling time to building proprietary assets—before disruption makes their model obsolete.

Agencies have a goldmine of proprietary data, courtesy years—sometimes decades—of campaign results, A/B tests, audience insights.

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