Unlocking the Practical Power of AI to Drive Enterprise Innovation with Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy

Episode notes

On the 45th episode of Enterprise Software Innovators, hosts Evan Reiser (A bnormal Security ) and Saam Motamedi ( Greylock Partners ) talk with Jonny LeRoy , CTO of Grainger . Grainger is a Fortune 500 industrial supply company, ensuring seamless operations for a broad range of customers, from hospitals to manufacturing plants and everything in between. With over $16 billion of annual revenue and 26,000 employees, the company provides over 30 million products to support its four and a half million customers. In this conversation, Jonny shares his thoughts on how AI transforms operations at Grainger, quick wins for AI applications in the enterprise, and realistic expectations around today’s AI capabilities. Quick hits from Jonny: On AI’s transformative potential: “We’ve got 2 million SKUs in our Grainger brand and 30 million products across the whole portfolio. AI helps us match the right product to the right customer, and that's where it starts to get really powerful.” On the importance of continuous improvement: “It’s all about solving small problems, one by one.

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