CIO 100 Leadership Live New York: CIOs push past AI pilots for measurable returns

The article summarizes an invitation-only executive roundtable, “Beyond the Pilot, Building the Infrastructure for Real AI Returns,” where senior executives and CIOs discussed how organizations can move from AI experimentation to competitive use by aligning strategic, operational, financial, and technological decisions. Participants emphasized that fragmentation across functions—rather than token spend alone—is the primary cost driver, and argued for coordinated governance, infrastructure, and talent decisions to scale AI effectively and control costs.