AI Readiness Benchmark: The companies best positioned to lead the AI era

In this webinar, our industry experts reveal which companies are best positioned to lead the AI charge and how they stack up across critical readiness metrics.

  • July 11, 2025

  • If you can't make the live event on July 29th, register anyway and we'll send you the recording.

  • July 11, 2025

  • If you can't make the live event on July 29th, register anyway and we'll send you the recording.

In this webinar, our industry experts reveal which companies are best positioned to lead the AI charge and how they stack up across critical readiness metrics.

AI is reshaping every sector, but not all industries are moving at the same pace.

Drawing on cross-industry analysis, we’ll examine how leaders in retail, pharma, fintech, energy, automotive, and industrials are preparing for the next phase of AI.

Join us for insights on:

  • The companies outperforming peers across AI readiness benchmarks
  • How agentic and physical AI are transforming business models and operations
  • What industry leaders reveal about the future of enterprise AI adoption

Plus, so much more. Whether you’re driving transformation or mapping your next move, this session will help you benchmark your position and surface where the biggest opportunities lie. Register today.

Your panel

Aisha Chandraker
  • Intelligence Analyst

Aisha Chandraker leads CB Insights' coverage of banking technology and blockchain. Her recent and upcoming research explores digital assets, fintech investments, and artificial intelligence use cases for financial institutions.

Prior to CB Insights, Aisha conducted research, consulting, and advisory work in topics across financial services, with expertise in consumer banking and technology strategy. She has authored numerous industry reports on banking technology trends, decentralized finance, deposit acquisition strategies, and fintech innovation.

Aisha Chandraker leads CB Insights' coverage of banking technology and blockchain. Her recent and upcoming research explores digital assets, fintech investments, and artificial intelligence use cases for financial institutions.

Prior to CB Insights, Aisha conducted research, consulting, and advisory work in topics across financial services, with expertise in consumer banking and technology strategy. She has authored numerous industry reports on banking technology trends, decentralized finance, deposit acquisition strategies, and fintech innovation.

Benjamin Lawrence
  • Senior Lead Analyst

Benjamin is a Senior Lead Analyst at CB Insights with a focus on advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, aerospace, and defense.

Prior to CB Insights, Benjamin worked in as an engineer in lab-grown diamonds and thin-film coatings. He graduated from Villanova University in Chemical Engineering and Economics. He serves as an Adjunct Professor in Chemistry at BYU.

Benjamin is a Senior Lead Analyst at CB Insights with a focus on advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, aerospace, and defense.

Prior to CB Insights, Benjamin worked in as an engineer in lab-grown diamonds and thin-film coatings. He graduated from Villanova University in Chemical Engineering and Economics. He serves as an Adjunct Professor in Chemistry at BYU.

Ellen Knapp
  • Senior Intelligence Analyst

Ellen Knapp is a healthcare analyst at CB Insights with an emphasis on emerging therapeutics.

Before joining the CB Insights team, Ellen worked in early-stage oncology drug development at Pfizer where she focused on enabled formulations and biopharmaceutics modeling.

Ellen received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from The City College of New York with a thesis focused on colloids and interfacial science.

Ellen Knapp is a healthcare analyst at CB Insights with an emphasis on emerging therapeutics.

Before joining the CB Insights team, Ellen worked in early-stage oncology drug development at Pfizer where she focused on enabled formulations and biopharmaceutics modeling.

Ellen received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from The City College of New York with a thesis focused on colloids and interfacial science.

Laura Kennedy
  • Principal Analyst

Laura Kennedy leads CB Insights' payments technology and digital engagement coverage.

Prior to joining CB Insights, Laura was a Vice President of Retail Insights at Kantar, where she led research on retail and shopper trends in the US market, with a specialty in big-box retail.

Before Kantar, Laura was a reporter and editor for the Kiplinger Letter, a weekly business forecasting publication in Washington, DC, where she covered retail and business law.

Laura Kennedy leads CB Insights' payments technology and digital engagement coverage.

Prior to joining CB Insights, Laura was a Vice President of Retail Insights at Kantar, where she led research on retail and shopper trends in the US market, with a specialty in big-box retail.

Before Kantar, Laura was a reporter and editor for the Kiplinger Letter, a weekly business forecasting publication in Washington, DC, where she covered retail and business law.

Thomas Hodson
  • Senior Intelligence Analyst

Thomas Hodson is an industrials analyst at CB Insights focusing on the energy transition and the future of oil & gas.

Prior to joining CB Insights, Thomas was a postdoc at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and helped develop policy framework for a more sustainable energy future.

Thomas received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University and has experience in semiconductor manufacturing and patent examining.

Thomas Hodson is an industrials analyst at CB Insights focusing on the energy transition and the future of oil & gas.

Prior to joining CB Insights, Thomas was a postdoc at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and helped develop policy framework for a more sustainable energy future.

Thomas received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University and has experience in semiconductor manufacturing and patent examining.