News Summary

• Artificial intelligence in finance has been defined by experimentation and exploration.
• This phase is now beginning to change as finance leaders shift their attention from experimentation to execution.
• CFOs are shifting their expectations from immediate, direct cost-reduction to the broader enabling capabilities of AI.
• This reflects a broader recognition that AI delivers the most sustainable value when it is operationalized within established processes rather than layered on top of them.
• The challenge will be less about identifying new use cases and more about scaling them across the enterprise.