Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly integrated into the services that we consume and that enterprises rely on. This will not only change how we interact with our devices and the digital world but also impact how we build radio access networks (RAN), the critical infrastructure that powers wireless services. On the one hand, AI applications will benefit from enhanced RAN capabilities and on the other hand, RAN itself will benefit from AI. A value-creating fusion of AI and RAN is emerging: AI-RAN.