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 Enterprise AI Study 2025: The power of AI leaders

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The power of AI leaders: Driving AI execution at scale

2025 ENTERPRISE AI STUDY

The power of leaders

In EXL’s second study on the state of AI, we found that 76% of companies believe their company is ahead of the competition in deploying AI. However, only 14% actually qualified as AI Leaders. 

This survey of 290 executives and other leaders across the healthcare payer, insurance, retail, utilities, and banking and capital markets industries examined where, how, and how well organizations are using AI. We identified the areas AI Leaders are gaining an advantage, and the strategies driving their success.
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KEY FINDINGS

Results from the survey include:

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  • 01<p>50% of AI Leaders completely changed their operating model to support AI versus 2% of Laggard.</p>
  • 02<p>Leaders embedded AI into 56% of a company’s workflows, while Laggards only implemented it into 34%.</p>
  • 03<p>75% of Leaders plan on significantly or moderately ramping up their genAI programs versus 54% of Laggards.</p>