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AI isn’t a one-time leap, but a journey that many organizations have already started. One investment firm noted that 95-percent of the companies in its pipeline are embracing AI in some capacity or another.

Wide-spread adoption is particularly evident in healthcare, where AI is powering major accelerations in diagnostics, R&D, and access to patient care. These advancements include faster methods to predict the success rates of clinical trials with remarkable baseline accuracy.

“By leveraging AI, we’re improving clinical success predictions for drug development with an 80% baseline accuracy”
Jo Varshney, Founder and CEO of VeriSIM Life

AI is proving to be just as groundbreaking in the world of finance, too, where it’s enhancing everything from decision-making to operational efficiency, and helping investment managers focus on generating alpha.

Operational efficiency is one of the predominant benefits of using AI, and many leaders expressed their enthusiasm for the cost-cutting and time-saving opportunities.

In the financial world, companies are experimenting with AI agents and prototypes that could potentially save analysts and portfolio managers significant time performing research.

"AI is at its best when it transfers the cognitive burden from the human to the system. And in a call center, anything you can do to simplify the life of the agent is a major win-win for the agent and the end customer alike."
Prem Natarajan, Chief Scientist and Head of Enterprise Data and AI, Capital One

In healthcare, AI is accelerating genetic and pathology data analysis by finding patterns in genome sequencing, which dramatically trims turnaround times for diagnostic tests. Other efficiencies are being uncovered in drug development and administration as well.

One leader noted that AI needs to meet customers where they are—and that’s exactly what several companies are doing as they take aim at improving their customer experiences.

Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine, is aiming to revolutionize the way people discover information, and it’s seeing tremendous growth in its user base. They’re just one of several startups challenging the $250 billion search market.

“It’s an incredibly exciting time to be an investor in AI, because people are changing what they expect of the internet.”
Dmitry Shevelenko, Chief Business Officer, Perplexity

Companies are also using AI to automate high-traffic, low-risk tasks like customer support, transferring the burden from the human to the system, and, in Perplexity’s case, improving customer satisfaction with quick, accurate answers to queries.

AI regulations are evolving as rapidly as the technology itself, and questions about governance, control, and risk management pose a potential barrier to scalability. Some regulatory bodies have demonstrated varying levels of risk aversion to AI, particularly regarding continuous learning models.

While compliance is key to growth, it’s only part of the equation.

“Trust is an absolute prerequisite to meaningful adoption and meaningful adoption is the key to unlocking value however this requires a people-centric approach, not a technology-centric one”
Florin Rotar, Chief AI Officer at Avanade.

AI is more than a tool, it’s a catalyst for revenue growth, and it will do this by disrupting traditional business models. This is something leaders expect to see more of in 2025, especially given the low cost to test, learn, and innovate with AI.

“The advent of AI has transformed the way companies are doing business. It has the potential to transform our value proposition, operating model and the way we deliver and serve our customers.”
Florin Rotar, Chief AI Officer, Avanade

Organizations leading in AI are investing in high-quality private data sets and enhancing internal capabilities to develop tailored AI models using company data.

“Your data advantage is your AI advantage”
Prem Natarajan, Chief Scientist and Head of Enterprise Data and AI, Capital One

Companies are beginning to look beyond basic applications like chatbots and one-off productivity wins. Instead, there’s a trend toward identifying processes that directly impact growth and profitability, then using AI to fundamentally reinvent those processes end to end.

AI is creating exciting opportunities for entire sectors and investors alike. Leaders are no longer questioning the value of AI but rather the strategic opportunities it can afford their businesses and industries.