For years, IT organizations have struggled to balance product and feature delivery with the retirement and avoidance of technical debt. In this talk, you will learn:

- How the concept of “optionality” reframes the notion of “technical debt” into “digital credit”

- How API-based systems can drive high optionality and compound accumulation of digital credit and how AI accelerates this.

- The specific techniques Cox Automotive has used to optimize for long-term business value through optionality and APIs

This talk should interest anyone in IT and those working in tech-savvy business or product teams.