About Joyce
Joyce Durst is the CEO and Co-Founder of Growth Acceleration Partners, where she leads the company’s strategic vision and global operations. A software engineering leader and entrepreneur, she previously scaled a venture-backed startup to a profitable acquisition. Joyce is a recognized thought leader on leadership development and women in STEM, and was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 for the Gulf South region.
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Joyce Durst | August 28, 2026
Enterprise AI Is Moving Beyond Pilots. Is Your Operating Model Ready?
What changes when enterprise AI stops answering questions and starts taking action? As organizations move from controlled experiments to systems that can reason, call tools and act across business workflows, they are introducing more than just capable models. They are creating new operational dependencies, variable costs and forms of risk that traditional technology environments were […]
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Joyce Durst | June 15, 2026
AI Cost Optimization and the Problem of Runaway Token Costs
For much of the AI boom, the conversation focused on capability. The question was what AI could do, where it could be applied and how quickly it could deliver value. Now, attention is being drawn to a different question: what does it cost to run AI at scale? As models grow more autonomous, agentic systems […]
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Joyce Durst | May 20, 2026
Governance Compliance in the Age of Agentic AI Engineering
Most conversations about AI in software development tend to center on what these systems can do. How many lines of code can they write in a day? How quickly can they resolve tickets? How much faster can a sprint move when agents handle the routine work? These are all practical considerations worth tackling. However, what […]
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Joyce Durst | November 8, 2021
How Diversity Drives Digital Transformation Initiatives
Innovation is at the forefront of our endeavors in the tech space, and we believe diversity yields better business outcomes about digital transformation.
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