{"id":14339,"date":"2026-03-24T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communify.com\/blog\/ai-winners-losers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:42:26","slug":"ai-winners-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communify.com\/en-gb\/blog\/ai-winners-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining True ROI Will Decide the Winners and Losers of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tbw_9M-vwqA?si=risW4hfXChI_otmQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The difference between AI winners and losers&nbsp;won\u2019t&nbsp;be&nbsp;determined&nbsp;by who spends the most, but by who successfully moves from AI hype and projection to measurable enterprise adoption and results.\u202f<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a BCG report, only&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #2B8CEA; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcg.com\/publications\/2025\/are-you-generating-value-from-ai-the-widening-gap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5% of companies investing in AI have actually generated real value from their investments<\/a>, with many firms lacking a framework to measure ROI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defining that framework is the only way to avoid the&nbsp;growing gap between the&nbsp;promises made about AI and the tangible outcomes&nbsp;actually met, as mentioned&nbsp;by\u202fPhil&nbsp;Drury, Chief Investment Officer at Poolsideand former&nbsp;Head of Global Technology,&nbsp;Media&nbsp;and Communications Banking at Citigroup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the&nbsp;Communify&nbsp;Intelligence Experience, Drury noted that the focus is rapidly shifting from how much is being spent to how that spend creates value through adoption,&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;and design.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;precisely this intersection that&nbsp;Communify&nbsp;is built for.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4896a9e2aff0eb6d85586408e5b4eb51\">4 Ways to Determine and Drive ROI in Financial AI\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To move beyond the hype, firms must&nbsp;start treating&nbsp;AI&nbsp;as a core engineering discipline that requires a specific set of metrics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prioritize the Application Layer:<\/strong>\u00a0While infrastructure and data centers are the backbone, the real &#8220;winners&#8221; will be the ones who master the application layer where the user actually interacts with the intelligence.\u00a0It is here that MIND\u2122 AI makes the difference, delivering intelligence through Visualizations, Signals, Stories, Scores and Dialogues designed to drive adoption,\u00a0engagement\u00a0and action.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Engineering vs. Magic:<\/strong>\u00a0Transformation\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0happen by accident; it happens when AI is paired with strong, design-first engineering. 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