Financial Times 2026-05-04-2
Hedge funds seek an edge by using AI's speed
AIMA's $788bn hedge fund survey shows 95% AI adoption against under 5% using it for portfolio optimization; that gap is not a maturity curve, it is the verification ceiling in a fiduciary domain. Sand Grove's Caplan frames the judgment layer above AI as permanent, even in the long term, and Anaconda and Pharo confirm the same pattern: AI for documents and back office, never for security selection. The next decade of enterprise AI value capture sits in the scoring infrastructure that lets a CRO sign off on broader scope, not in a better model.