TLDR Product Management 2025-12-19

You need clean data to get anything done with AI, but most systems of record are 20–30 years old. That's why ERPs are just one of many enterprise systems that needs to be reimagined.

In the latest episode of Unpack Pricing, Metronome co-founder and CEO Scott Woody talks with Nicolas Kopp, founder and CEO of the AI-native ERP platform Rillet.

Tune in to learn:

• Why clean, integrated data infrastructure enables automation at scale
• Pricing philosophies that fit AI-first systems
• Organizational challenges companies face when adopting AI-first systems

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