From Pilots To Production: Why AI In Finance Often Stalls - And How To Find The Solution
IBM, Wednesday, September 10th, 2025
AI continues to dominate boardroom conversations, especially in finance. Yet despite growing urgency, many enterprises are still stuck in a familiar loop: promising pilots that don't scale. What's standing in the way of meaningful, enterprise-grade impact? And more importantly, how are leading organizations breaking through?
Drawing on field experience and a recent discussion with HFS Research, here are four practical insights into what it takes to turn AI ambition into operational results.
Too often, AI initiatives begin with a promising tool or use case, but fail to address an immediate, measurable business problem. The most successful finance functions start small-but deliberately-with real client data and concerns.