18 TCS AI for Business Study – Energy & Resources Report Homegrown implementation prevails for now Q. On a scale of 1 to 5, how much are you relying on external vendor and partnerships (including academic or government partn ers ) for your AI implementations and how much are you doing in-house?; Q. Are you planning to create your own enterprise- specific LLMs for use in Generative AI implementations? 60% 49% As AI preparation turns to implementation, organizations face numerous decisions to achieve the right mix of artificial intelligence and investment. Despite the complexity, nearly half of Energy & Resources companies are likely to rely on internal teams to develop and implement AI — even for tasks as difficult as creating their own enterprise-specific large language models (LLMs). say they are relying solely or mostly on in-house talent to implement this new technology plan to create their own enterprise-specific LLMs for use in GenAI implementations – 10 points higher than in other industries 41% P A C E S E T T E R S 62% P A C E S E T T E R S

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