What if your company’s data could become a public good and a competitive moat?

Beaumont Vance, SVP of Data and AI at Paychex, shares how his team transforms payroll and HR data into real-time economic insight, powering everything from AI copilots to U.S. government response efforts. With 1 in 11 U.S. workers on the platform and 39 million client interactions annually, Paychex treats data as infrastructure.

In this episode, Beaumont and Peter High discuss:

• How Paychex monetizes data responsibly
• Why statistical precision trumps survey-based signals
• Building AI-ready data from unstructured knowledge
• Lessons from growth equity on “data moats”
• What AI agents will unlock next