Most companies are not short on AI enthusiasm. They are short on a framework to turn that enthusiasm into something real.

In this session, Vidya Chadaga introduces her original four-stage AI Maturity Model, built from hands-on advisory work across 20+ AI agent deployments in SaaS. The model maps where organizations actually are in their AI journey, from early Adopters experimenting with off-the-shelf copilots, to Extenders embedding AI into workflows, to Specialists training vertical models, to Originators building net-new AI products from scratch.

Most companies think they are further along than they are. That gap between perceived and actual maturity is exactly where strategies break down and pilots go to die.
You will leave this session knowing which stage your organization is in today, what the specific blockers look like at each stage, what it actually takes to move to the next one, and how to use this model to build a roadmap leadership will actually fund.

If you have ever wondered why your AI investments look great on slides but disappear in outcome discussions, this session is for you.