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AI is Now Imperative. Pax8 Shows Partners How to Bring it to Life

Chance Weaver, Vice President of AI Adoption for the Americas at Pax8, describes how the company is rethinking the role of managed services through AI.

December 23, 2025

Author: Ed Moltzen

In this video, we hear from Chance Weaver, Vice President of AI Adoption for the Americas at Pax8, and how the company is rethinking the role of managed services through AI.

Weaver describes the AI Agent Store in the Pax8 Marketplace as a place where partners can explore, deploy, and deploy AI agents built by vendors or other solution providers. It’s actually a curated marketplace for digital labor. The focus is on tools that solve specific business problems, not on AI for its own sake. Weaver says the approach encourages Pax8 partners to move beyond one-off software sales and instead, provide services they manage over time, based on what customers need and use. He also outlines Pax8’s Managed Intelligence Provider framework, which gives partners a way to package and support AI services in a repeatable, sustainable way.

For Pax8 partners who are unsure where to begin, Weaver stresses that the biggest mistake is waiting. Starting conversations with customers now helps providers learn where AI can actually help, build trust early, and shape how these tools are adopted. The takeaway is practical: AI works best when it is treated as a service, not a shortcut.