# MINDS

The global community of AI leaders building Meaningful, Intelligent, Novel, and Deployable Solutions to transform businesses and society.

[Visit the new MINDS website](https://initiatives.weforum.org/minds/)


**49** Selected transformations

**48** Organisations awarded

**30+** Countries represented

**16** Sectors


## MINDS highlights real-world success stories of AI-enabled transformations that are creating tangible impact.

While companies and governments invest in AI, they face challenges in realizing its full potential. To navigate from experimentation to adoption and transformation, organizations need a clear guiding strategy.We are seeking transformative instances where AI serves as the core of company solutions driving tangible and measurable impact.While AI-based tools or software form the foundation of these enabling solutions, our focus is on the transformation stories highlighting how AI has fundamentally improved processes, rather than on the technology itself or individual products.


### Meet the Cohorts of MINDS!

Discover how the Selected MINDS are leading real-world AI innovation.

[Find out more](https://initiatives.weforum.org/minds/selected-minds)


## Our partners

MINDS is a World Economic Forum programme led by the Centre for AI Excellence as part of the AI Transformation of Industries initiative.In collaboration with Accenture, the programme looks at Frontier AI Applications and AI First Transformations.The programme is shaped by contributions from across the Forum, including Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains, Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems, Centre for Energy and Materials, Centre for Cybersecurity, Centre for the New Economy and Society, Centre for Nature and Climate, Global Industries Team.The C4IR Centres Network plays a key role in supporting regional engagement and local implementation.Hundreds of organizations worldwide are actively contributing to the success of MINDS.


## What are the benefits of being a selected MINDS?


### Curated Learning & Community

Join a dynamic learning journey designed to help you tackle real-world AI adoption challenges. Collaborate with fellow leaders to exchange best practices, share lessons learned, and shape responsible AI deployment together.


### Recognition & Leadership

Gain global exposure through the Forum’s media channels, official publications, and recognition at major events, showcasing your AI-enabled business reinvention and establishing your organization as a leader in AI adoption.


### Access & Visibility

Selected MINDS will have the opportunity to present their transformation journey and receive feedback from a global network of AI executives, practitioners, and thought leaders.


## Pillars to evaluate MINDS applications


### Impact

Evaluates how the solution adds business value, sustainability improvements and societal benefits.


### Novelty

Assesses how AI enables new ways of solving old problems more effectively, solves previously unsolvable problems, or leverages new ecosystems.


### Responsibility

Provided compliance with local regulation, reviews responsible AI practices and long-term commitment.


## Proof Over Promise: Insights on Real-World AI Adoption from 2025 MINDS Organisations

The report, published in partnership with Accenture, draws from insights from the selected MINDS and provides leaders with a practical blueprint for moving beyond AI experimentation to scale enterprise wide, industrial and societal impact by embedding AI as a strategic capability, strengthening human AI collaboration, advancing data and technology foundations, and implementing responsible AI by design.

[Read our report](https://www.weforum.org/publications/proof-over-promise-insights-on-real-world-ai-adoption-from-2025-minds-organizations)