Phani Kaligotla

Vice President, Global Product AI & Data Strategy MasterCard Incorporated

Main Conference Day One - November 4, 2026

5:15 PM Case Study: From Grassroots to Global: Scaling Agentic AI from Bottom-Up Experimentation to Top-down Enterprise Transformation

Agentic AI is spreading faster than most organisations can structure it. Across the business, employees are already building, testing, and refining agents in real workflows—often surfacing the most practical, high-impact use cases long before leadership defines them. But without executive alignment, these efforts remain fragmented, difficult to scale, and disconnected from broader transformation goals. The real challenge is bridging the two. How do you capture grassroots innovation as a signal for what actually works, then translate it into a cohesive global operating model? One that drives consistency, manages risk, and aligns with strategy, while still allowing for local regulatory nuance, market differences, and cultural realities, without stifling the agility that made those use cases successful in the first place.

• Identify high-impact use cases emerging organically across teams, functions, and regions

• Leverage grassroots adoption as a signal for scalability, ROI, and real-world value

• Align executive leadership around what to scale—and how to prioritise it globally

• Design a global operating model that balances consistency with regional regulatory and market nuance

• Enable local teams to adapt, experiment, and innovate within clear governance frameworks

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