December 2025

Numerically Speaking

Welcome to your monthly source for Python, data science, and AI updates. This month: insights from enterprise AI leaders, practical guides for open-source AI models, and platform updates that make your work easier.

Featured This Month

AI Helped CDAOs Earn a Seat at the Table. GenAI Will Keep Them There.

By 2027, 75% of CDAOs not essential to AI success could lose their C-level position. But Field CTO Steve Croce sees a massive opportunity: The challenges holding back GenAI adoption are exactly the ones CDAOs have been solving for years. The window to own your GenAI strategy is open—but only if you act fast.

Fireside Chat: Looking Back at 2025

Kory Cunningham and Seth Clark recap Anaconda’s biggest product launches of the year and preview what’s coming in 2026.

Anaconda: The Reboot

When a tech company pivots to AI, the real challenge isn’t the tech—it’s production deployment. Watch developers battle dependency conflicts, security vulnerabilities, and the dreaded “it works on my machine” syndrome in this journey from dependency hell to deployment heaven.

AI Best Practices Series

This three-part guide covers the essentials for working with open-source AI models in enterprise environments.

Platform & Product Updates

Find What You Need, Faster

Anaconda’s new Unified Search now delivers packages, documentation, and community forum results from a single query—all with keyword-based ranking and suggestions as you type.

Anaconda Platform Cloud: Admin Onboarding Guide

This guide for Business tier administrators covers ESSO configuration, user access control, token management, and package governance policies.

Insights & Analysis

How Anaconda Became Python's Foundation for Enterprise AI

Python wasn’t built for enterprise systems. Our Chief Product Officer Laura Sellers traces the journey from accessible scripting language to the backbone of production AI—and the critical turning points that made it possible.

Python Is Quickly Evolving Into Enterprise AI's Backbone

Field CTO Steve Croce explores how Python’s rise as the foundation of enterprise AI creates new imperatives around security, performance, and governance in The New Stack.

AI Catalyst: Bringing Open-Source AI Models to the Enterprise

VP of Product Al Seth Clark talks with TechSpective about how enterprises can bridge the gap between open-source innovation and real-world deployment with a VPC-first approach and curated models.

Customer Stories

How Moog Transformed Aerospace Engineering Workflows

Global aerospace leader Moog reduced data processing time from 2-3 days to just 8-10 hours using the Anaconda Platform. See how Chief Engineer Will Tan’s team automated complex workflows and eliminated bottlenecks in safety-critical applications.

Webinars & Events

Financial Services Webinar: Driving Innovation with Python

Watch the recording to learn how CIBC’s John Wengler used Python and Anaconda to automate workflows while meeting strict compliance requirements. Get practical strategies for balancing innovation with risk management.

Coming in January: AI Essentials for Tech Executives

Join Hamel Husain, Greg Ceccarelli, and Jess Haberman for a conversation on what executives need to know about AI implementation, competitive advantages, and common pitfalls.

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