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Aditya Vikram Kashyap is an award-winning technology and innovation leader helping shape the future of global finance. As Vice President of Firmwide Innovation at Morgan Stanley, he drives enterprise-wide transformation across one of the world’s most influential financial institutions—bridging advanced technology, agile strategy, and responsible innovation to modernize the business of finance. An expert in AI integration, enterprise innovation, and digital transformation, Aditya leads high-impact initiatives that fundamentally reimagine how financial services firms operate, compete, and create value. His work spans AI governance, innovation ecosystems, data strategy, agile transformation, and emerging technology adoption—with a relentless focus on scalable outcomes that drive business excellence and societal progress. With over a decade of leadership experience at the intersection of finance, technology, and innovation, Aditya operates seamlessly across C-suite strategy, deep technology domains, and enterprise execution. He is a passionate advocate for evidence-based innovation, ethical AI, and building innovation cultures that balance velocity with governance and trust. Aditya is a recognized global thought leader and trusted advisor, frequently invited to speak and write on the future of financial services, AI ethics, and innovation leadership. His though leadership, expert quotes and opinion pieces have been published in CNBC, India Today and Forbes to name a few. He has been honored as NYU Distinguished Alumni of the Year, named to the Drexel 40 Under 40, and awarded the Drexel Outstanding Alumni Award recognition that reflects both his professional leadership and community impact. Aditya holds a Master’s degree from New York University (NYU) and a Bachelor’s degree from Drexel University. He serves on the Drexel University's LeBow College Of Business Alumni Board and is committed to mentorship, education, and fostering the next generation of technology and business leaders. Furthermore Aditya has been awarded the Senior Member status by IEEE, The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE) Fellowship, Hackathon Raptors Fellowship, Scholars Academic and Scientific Society (SAS) Eminent Fellowship (SEFM) in recognition of his expertise and thought leadership. His mission is clear: to drive innovation that matters- not simply to deploy new technologies, but to engineer lasting, human-centered transformation across the global financial ecosystem. At Morgan Stanley and beyond, Aditya continues to shape the future of finance—where bold ideas, rigorous execution, and ethical leadership converge to create enduring impact. The opinions expressed represent Aditya's personal perspective and not those of any affiliated institutions, past or present.
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The recent Disney–OpenAI partnership represents a turning point in the convergence of entertainment and artificial intelligence. By investing $1 billion in OpenAI and securing a three-year licensing deal for over 200 characters, Disney positions itself not only as a content powerhouse but as a first-mover in AI-driven storytelling, setting new competitive benchmarks for legacy media companies. This partnership also shines a light on the way generative AI is reshaping IP licensing, content production and audience engagement at scale. Jeff Katzenberg, former CEO of DreamWorks Animation, says AI could reduce the costs of creating an animated film by 90%, drastically changing the way creative works have historically been produced. So what does this mean for the future of storytelling in the media? And how can legacy media companies integrate frontier AI capabilities into content ecosystems without compromising IP, brand integrity or creative quality? Members of the Senior Executive AI Think Tank—a curated group of experts specializing in machine learning, generative AI and enterprise AI applications—see the Disney–OpenAI alliance as a strategic signal that AI is moving from a peripheral tool to a core creative and operational engine. Below, they provide expert analysis and actionable strategies to help leaders navigate this rapidly evolving landscape.
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AI infrastructure spending has entered an era of historic scale. Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others have collectively committed hundreds of billions of dollars to expand compute capacity, even as analysts warn that parts of the market may be racing ahead of sustainable demand. For enterprise leaders outside Big Tech, the stakes are just as high, but the margin for error is far smaller. While AI investment continues to accelerate, many organizations struggle to connect infrastructure outlays to near-term financial returns, raising concerns about capital efficiency and long-term value creation. Members of the Senior Executive AI Think Tank—a curated group of executives and leaders shaping enterprise AI strategy—argue that the debate should not center on whether to invest, but how. What follows is a playbook drawn directly from their insights—detailing how seasoned leaders evaluate billion-dollar bets, stage risk intelligently and ensure AI infrastructure becomes a durable advantage rather than an expensive monument to hype.
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The launch of the White House’s Genesis Mission represents a bold federal effort to leverage artificial intelligence for scientific discovery, national competitiveness and economic growth. Announced in November 2025 via executive order, the Genesis Mission aims to create an integrated experimentation platform by linking federal datasets, high-performance computing and public-private partnerships to accelerate AI-driven breakthroughs across biotechnology, energy, semiconductors and more. As this national initiative unfolds, questions about equitable access, anti-competitive risk and inclusive governance have emerged from both industry and policy communities. Ensuring that smaller players—startups, academic labs and emerging innovators—have a fair seat at the table is not just an ethical imperative but a strategic one if the United States wants sustained innovation and economic vibrancy. Members of the Senior Executive AI Think Tank—experts in machine learning, enterprise AI and AI strategy—offer frameworks and strategies that federal leaders can adopt to prevent the Genesis Mission from becoming a vehicle that reinforces incumbent dominance rather than broad-based innovation.
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The launch of Google’s new AI shopping tools—including conversational search, agentic checkout and the ability for an AI to call stores for you—marks a turning point. These innovations raise a fundamental question for retailers and brands: What happens when the “customer” is no longer a human browsing or clicking, but an algorithm executing on behalf of a human? Google expects this new model to simplify shopping at scale, using its Shopping Graph—with more than 50 billion product listings—and its Gemini AI models to power agentic checkout and store-calling. Yet the transition toward “agentic commerce” is fraught with risk and opportunity. Drawing on their expertise in machine learning, generative AI and enterprise AI applications, the members of Senior Executive AI Think Tank explore this new form of commerce, how this shift could upend traditional consumer relationships and what merchants must do now to stay visible—and profitable.
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In the race to feed AI’s insatiable appetite for training data, model builders are increasingly butting heads with the platforms that host the content they depend on. The latest flashpoint is Reddit’s lawsuit against Perplexity AI, which accuses the company of “industrial-scale” evasion of anti-scraping protections and the indirect harvesting of Reddit posts through search engine caches. The case raises a knotty question: When is public web content a legitimate training resource, and when is it legally and/or ethically off-limits? Responses are arriving from both the marketplace and governments, with emerging startups helping content creators monetize AI-harvested data and Europe advancing the Artificial Intelligence Act, which would require firms to disclose or summarize copyrighted training data. The members of the Senior Executive AI Think Tank bring a practical and experienced perspective to the discussion of what responsible data acquisition should look like. Here, they break down where ethical and legal lines should be drawn and what responsible access must entail for AI developers, and they share insightful tips to help platforms rethink their data-licensing and access-control strategies.
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As artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed, the question of trust has become more urgent than ever. How do senior leaders ensure that innovation doesn’t outpace safety—and that every stakeholder, from customers to regulators and employees, retains confidence in rapidly evolving AI systems? Members of the Senior Executive AI Think Tank—a curated group of seasoned AI leaders and ethics experts—are confronting this challenge head-on. With backgrounds at Microsoft, Salesforce, Morgan Stanley and beyond, these executives are uniquely positioned to share practical, real-world strategies for building trust even in regulatory gray areas. And their insights come at a critical moment: A recent global study by KPMG found that only 46% of people worldwide are willing to trust AI systems, despite widespread adoption and optimism about AI’s benefits. That “trust gap” is more than just a perception issue—it’s a barrier to realizing AI’s full business potential. Against this backdrop, the Think Tank’s lessons are not theoretical, but actionable frameworks for leading organizations in a world where regulation lags, public concern mounts and the stakes for getting trust wrong have never been higher.
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Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, our firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have always defined the firm and everything we do is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back.