Businesses and business units of all sizes can benefit from cloud computing, but many don't want the cost, performance, and governance concerns of public cloud nor the complexity and operational overhead of building their own private clouds. Today, some cloud vendors are using artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify private cloud deployment and management, making it possible for clouds to be self-driving (e.g., self-installing, self-healing, and self-managing). In this article, we’ll look at the requirements for a self-driving cloud.