You don’t have to go from 0 to 60.
Onboarding with regards to working with data can be an ongoing process. Step one doesn’t need to be, and probably shouldn’t be, trying to spin up some big AI infrastructure. There is a lot of low hanging fruit around data organization and more straightforward analyses. Run some old-school analytics, generate some dashboards, get your hands dirty with your data. Eventually, you’ll get a sense of what you have and what you need. And how more advanced tools can (and can’t) help you.