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AI Digital Transformation: Is Your Enterprise Ready for What Comes Next?

Jennifer C. By Jennifer C.|10th November 2026

For CIOs, the challenge of AI digital transformation extends far beyond adopting new technology. It’s about delivering measurable returns on investment while rethinking the infrastructure, processes and operating models needed to support what comes next.

How do you scale AI without adding to an already fragmented technology estate? Where should you simplify, invest or rethink existing processes? And how do you maintain governance and accountability as technology becomes increasingly autonomous?

These are among the challenges explored by 63 senior technology executives at the 35th TechLeaders Summit.

Featuring perspectives from technology leaders at Mastercard, Renault, E.ON, UPM, Lagardère, Norgine and more, The Enterprise Beneath the AI brings together the experiences, competing priorities and strategic decisions shaping AI digital transformation across industries.

Inside the report

  • Scaling AI beyond experimentation: Explore how technology leaders are addressing the data, infrastructure and organisational constraints limiting enterprise AI adoption.
  • Balancing innovation, governance and risk: Examine how CIOs are approaching greater AI autonomy while maintaining accountability, security and business resilience.
  • Rethinking where transformation happens: Discover why simplifying technology estates, redesigning processes and evolving operating models are becoming central to delivering lasting business outcomes.

Drawing on keynote perspectives, executive discussions and insights from the room, the report offers a closer look at how technology leaders are navigating the decisions shaping the next phase of enterprise transformation.

Download the report and explore the perspectives shaping AI digital transformation.

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