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Episode 1026

Inside Paychex’s Data Strategy: Monetizing Insight for AI, Clients, and the U.S. Economy

November 6, 2025
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Beaumont Vance

SVP, Data and Artificial Intelligence at Paychex
Beaumont Vance is Senior Vice President of Data and Artificial Intelligence at Paychex, a $5.5B provider of payroll, HR, and business services. He leads the company’s data monetization, AI engineering, data science, and reporting strategy. Prior to Paychex, he was Managing Director of AI and Investments at growth private equity firm WestCap, and earlier held analytics and innovation leadership roles at TD Ameritrade, Wachovia, and Deloitte. Beaumont brings a rare dual lens to his work that is grounded in enterprise transformation and investor-grade tech strategy.

Episode Overview

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
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