FSI Sydney 2026: The Age of AI: Tomorrow’s Intelligence
AWS reports AI costs fell 10x annually while enterprises remain in early adoption innings
“AI costs have fallen 10 times annually and autonomous agents now handle tasks lasting hours not minutes”
AWS Head of AI for Financial Services presented at FSI Sydney 2026, citing 10x annual AI cost reduction and agentic systems now operating at hour-long task horizons, yet noting most enterprises are still in early stages. The session frames AI competition across three battlegrounds: customer experience, operations, and engineering velocity. A surveyed 90% of enterprise executives across industries now believe AI will be transformative, signaling broad consensus but lagging implementation.