HFS on Artificial Intelligence

A collection of the latest views from the HFS analyst team on artificial intelligence.

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Point of View

Scale agentic AI without a learning loop and get faster automation, not autonomy

Only 10% of enterprises can scale agentic AI, and the gap is a continuous learning loop, not a better model.

Highlight Report

Orange Business focuses on delivering trust in AI, ecosystem, and control points

Orange Business is recasting trust as an operating model built on control points, not a slogan.

Take 5 Report

Is your AI reliable enough to be trusted?

AI reliability has become the missing link between deploying AI and trusting it to deliver business outcomes.

Point of View

ER&D GCCs, make your leaders, data, and talent ready to scale industrial AI

Over 50% of manufacturers say data, not AI models, is what blocks industrial AI from scaling past pilots.

Take 5 Report

Adopt physical AI to unlock latent value in critical operations

A survey of 105 business leaders reveals how mobility, industrial, and energy firms are adopting physical AI.

Point of View

AI has made modernization sexy

Modernization is what makes enterprise AI tick, but it has to be prioritized as such rather than a cost-takeout exercise.

Highlight Report

Use Cognizant’s open sandbox to cut risk of rogue agents

Cognizant's open TerraLingua sandbox shows enterprises how autonomous agents go off-script before production.

Point of View

Stop expanding your brownfield GCC; reset it before you scale, expand, and innovate

Reset the GCC you already run before scaling it: 52% of GCC activity is now brownfield and 62% is AI-centric.

Highlight Report

OEMs should partner with specialist engineering firms for successful innovation

Manufacturers can cut new product failure risk by partnering with specialist engineering firms with deep industry expertise.

Market Vision Paper

Redefine engineering with lifecycle accountability for industrial transformation

Industrial enterprises are consolidating engineering, digital, and operations under one lifecycle accountability model.

Highlight Report

Atos shifts the sovereign AI debate from infrastructure to control and safety

The real sovereign AI question for CIOs is control over what agents do, not where the data sits.

Highlight Report

Fragmented AI leaks ROI at handoffs, and LTTS bets on closing those gaps

Fragmented AI leaks ROI at handoffs, so OEMs should deploy agentic AI to orchestrate the full product lifecycle.

Market Impact Report

Ownership is the next imperative for India’s GCCs to become generative enterprises

India's GCCs score 61.9 on the inaugural HFS Generative GCC Index, where ownership now outweighs headcount.

Take 5 Report

Build the foundation before you continue to scale complexity

New HFS and Movate research on why enterprises can deploy AI in 2026 but few can price, orchestrate, or grow with it.

Take 5 Report

CMT CX leaders, move past your cost and fix your debt to unlock customer value

Why CMT CX leaders must fix integration and data debt to make agentic AI deliver real customer value.

Point of View

TWILTCH growth returns, but an AI monetization gap is opening across the cohort

TWILTCH growth rebounded to 5% in Q1 2026, but providers now split sharply on how they turn AI into revenue.

Market Impact Report

From AI to outcomes: closing the value gap in non-bank lending

How non-bank lenders can close the gap between AI activity and measurable P&L impact with a self-funded model.

Market Impact Report

Stop buying AI like labor

Why buying AI-led services on labor-era contracts misprices risk, and five sourcing moves CPOs should make now.

Point of View

The headcount era is fading as the pivot to Services-as-Software™ continues

Eleven service providers are decoupling revenue and margin growth from headcount as Services-as-Software adoption accelerates.

Point of View

Media leaders can explore the next growth wave of agentic AI to reclaim control

How media broadcasters can use agentic AI to reclaim content, community, and commerce from big tech platforms.

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