Foreword

The AI imperative: why the time to act is now

92% of companies (opens in new tab) plan to invest in generative AI (GenAI) over the next 3 years, yet only 1 percent believe their investments have reached full maturity.

But investment alone won't get you there.

The good news? You're not alone. Working alongside industry leaders like Cox Automotive (opens in new tab), Thomson Reuters (opens in new tab), and NBIM (opens in new tab), Anthropic has developed a proven three-step approach to driving enterprise AI transformation at scale:

• Lay the foundation: Organizations begin by building a solid AI foundation that includes strategy development, stakeholder alignment, and governance.
• Launch a pilot: Next, enterprises launch carefully selected pilots that demonstrate value quickly while building expertise.
• Scale impact: Finally, successful pilots scale across the business through structured rollout programs and centers of excellence.

In this guide, we'll walk through how to implement these three steps and in the process:

• Identify high-impact use cases specific to your industry
• Build effective business cases that secure cross-functional support
• Drive AI upskilling and adoption across your organization

We'll also share how teams at Anthropic deploy AI across functions, from engineering and legal teams to marketing and HR.

Let's dive in.