The Data Surrender Trap: How Enterprises Are Losing Control in the AI Gold Rush—and the Simple Fix

Generative AI has lit a fire under every product road-map. Faced with “ship it yesterday” pressure, many teams reach for a turnkey vendor: upload data, call an API, launch the feature. It works—until the bill comes due. Handing raw customer data to a third party introduces two long-term headaches: Governance and compliance risk - once data leaves your perimeter, you lose direct control over how…