HFS on Artificial Intelligence

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

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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.

Hot Tech

HFS Services-as-Software™ Hot Tech: Revature

Revature unifies recruitment, skills mapping, and deployment on one platform to help enterprises build AI-ready talent.

Hot Tech

HFS Services-as-Software™ Hot Tech: Zime AI

Zime's AI engine turns your best sellers' behaviors into scoreable guidance so every rep can sell like a five-year veteran.

Highlight Report

Ops leaders need to stop optimizing document processing and start fixing workflows

Document operations, not extraction, is where ops leaders recover cost, cycle time, and margin on document work.

Data Viewpoint

CX buyers want outcome-based pricing, yet their contracts still pay for effort

Most CX buyers want outcome-based pricing, yet only 5% have contracts built to pay for results.

Take 5 Report

With 71% targeting agent-readiness, build your engine before the storefront

59% of enterprises run agents for under 5% of revenue today, but expect 15% or more within two years.

Highlight Report

Health plans must shift left to win for their members in the age of AI

Why health plans must shift left to prevention, using AI for faster prior auth and cost transparency.

Challengers' Code

Crush the watermelon effect with Black Box IntelliPact® model

How Black Box's IntelliPact links IT performance to business outcomes and ends the watermelon effect for good.

Market Impact Report

The claims confidence gap: Insurers hire TPAs on cost but fire on outcomes

P&C insurers hire claims TPAs on cost but fire them on outcomes, and fixing how you buy closes the gap.

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