Everyone wants to be AI-first. But no one wants to fund it. In this HFS Unfiltered Stories conversation, Saurabh Gupta, President at HFS Research, sits down with Kailash Attal, Chief Solutions Officer at UST, to tackle one of the toughest questions facing enterprises today: How do you fund AI when budgets are tight, and legacy costs are high?
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With CFO scrutiny increasing and capital discipline at an all-time high, enterprises can’t simply “wait for the next budget cycle.” Instead, a new operating model is emerging, a self-funded transformation, where savings generated from optimization are reinvested directly into AI and innovation.
They together explored:
This isn’t about cost-cutting. It’s about creating a flywheel of savings, reinvestment, and growth, and if your organization is struggling with the how of AI, this conversation is for you.
For more insights, read our POV, Stop waiting for budget: How enterprises are funding transformation from within here.
Learn more about UST’s approach to self-funded transformation here.
If you’re interested in discussing SFT with UST, you can connect with their team here.
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