AI Investment

Fireworks AI hits $1B ARR and raises $1.5B: the era of renting general AI is ending. Here's what Uber and Shopify know that your team doesn't.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar published a four-question AI ROI framework — 'Useful Intelligence per Dollar' — as enterprise AI spending hits $2.59 trillion with 72% of investments destroying value through waste. The scorecard demands enterprises stop measuring tokens consumed and start measuring work accomplished. Enterprise AI ROI calculator, cost-per-successful-task measurement framework, and AI investment maturity assessment inside.

AWS CEO Matt Garman reveals 90% of CIOs report AI ROI—a seismic shift from 2025. The 3 tactics separating top-quartile enterprises from laggards, backed by data.

America's largest bank moves AI from pilot projects to production systems. CFOs and CIOs watch closely as $19.8B tech budget signals enterprise-wide shift.

Anthropic's $950B valuation changes enterprise AI vendor dynamics. Three decisions CIOs and CFOs must make now about multi-vendor strategy and risk.

31% of enterprise AI pilots shipped to production in Q2 2026—up from 18% in Q1. $42.6B in funding and standardized tooling finally made the business case work.

CFOs plan 30% AI budget increases while 78% can't pass governance audits. New surveys reveal why organizations with strong AI governance see 4x revenue growth.

KPMG finds 65% invest in AI regardless of ROI as traditional measurement fails. Only 14% confident measuring value. The $207M question CFOs can't answer.

KPMG Global AI Pulse: 75% prioritize AI despite economic uncertainty, 65% invest without traditional ROI. For CFOs, here's why the ROI playbook broke.