MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Financial Services Dominates H2O.ai’s Top AI Thought Leaders List for 2024

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. August 8, 2024 9:00am PT (BANKING DIVE)–H2O.ai, the open-source leader in Generative AI and machine learning, today announced the launch of its inaugural H2O AI 100 list, recognizing the top 100 individuals driving innovation and impact in artificial intelligence across industries and sectors globally. The financial services sector emerged as a leading adopter, with strong representation from top banks.

Key highlights from the AI 100 list include:

1. Financial services was the top industry represented with 25 leaders.
2. 4 major banks prominently featured: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase.
3. The list includes 56 c-suite executives from 47 Fortune 500 companies.
4. Geographically, North America dominated with 84 honorees, while the list also recognized innovation hubs in Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

“There won’t be a Fortune 500 company that is not led by an AI maker or Data Scientist by 2030. Every organization will have its strategy led by data and AI and be purpose-led from the heart,” said Sri Ambati, CEO and founder of H2O.ai.

The selection process combined public nominations, LLM-powered analysis, and evaluation by H2O.ai’s VP of Data Science Olivier Grellier alongside independent judge Alexandra Mousavizadeh, CEO and Co-founder of Evident.

Mousavizadeh commented, “The H2O AI 100 list showcases the pioneering efforts of banks like Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase in integrating AI to revolutionize financial services. These institutions are at the forefront of using AI to enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and innovate responsibly.”

The full H2O AI 100 list and report are available at https://h2o.ai/ai-100/winners/

About H2O.ai

Founded in 2012, H2O.ai is at the forefront of the AI movement to democratize Generative AI. H2O.ai’s open-source Generative AI and Enterprise h2oGPT, combined with Document AI and the award-winning autoML Driverless AI, have transformed more than 20,000 global organizations and over half of the Fortune 500 and household brands, including AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Chipotle, ADP, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and AES. H2O.ai’s AI for Good program supports nonprofit groups, foundations, and communities in their efforts to advance education, healthcare, and environmental conservation, including identifying areas vulnerable to natural disasters and protecting endangered species.

H2O.ai has a vibrant community of 2 million data scientists worldwide and aims to bring together the world’s top data scientists with customers to co-create GenAI applications that are usable and valuable by everyone. Business users can now leverage the power of LLMs to enhance productivity with enterprise applications.

Source : h2o.ai