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  **Digital transformation** is the earlier era of companies moving their
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  _contained_ shift — in contrast with the AI transformation now underway, which
  changes the nature of work itself rather than just the tools.
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# digital transformation

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## Definition

**Digital transformation** is the earlier era of companies moving their operations to cloud software, described in the channel's material as a _contained_ shift — in contrast with the AI transformation now underway, which changes the nature of work itself rather than just the tools.

In the channel's coverage — especially the conversation with Box CEO **Aaron Levie** — **digital transformation** refers to the earlier, cloud-era wave of companies moving their operations to software and the cloud. Levie treats it as a *contained* historical shift, and uses it as a contrast point: AI transformation goes deeper, because rather than just changing where work happens or what tools are used, AI changes the labor itself — software that behaves like labor, agents that take over tasks, and individual contributors becoming managers of agents. Understanding the digital transformation era as a bounded, manageable change helps explain why the AI era demands a more fundamental re-engineering of how companies work.