An FII Institute Impact Report | With insights from Sandy Xu, CEO, JD.com (JINGDONG); Ali Bailoun, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman, Visa; and Brookfield.

Artificial intelligence has moved out of the lab and into the boardroom. What began as a novelty for writing emails and summarising documents is fast becoming the operating layer of the modern enterprise, with systems that can plan, decide and act. Global enterprise AI spending is expected to reach $400 billion in 2026.

Yet the gap between the companies leading this shift and those falling behind is widening. Access to powerful AI is spreading fast. The advantage that is harder to copy lies elsewhere.

This report looks at enterprise AI from three vantage points. Investors explain where capital is flowing. Builders show how agentic AI is changing the way whole departments work. Practitioners describe what it takes to deploy AI at scale. Brookfield shares how it turns AI pilots into portfolio value. Ali Bailoun from VISA explains why the real test of trust in agentic commerce comes at the point of payment. Sandy Xu, CEO of JD.com explains why making intelligence operational matters more than impressive demonstrations.

For leaders deciding what to automate, what to keep human and how to govern AI responsibly, this is an essential read.