In regulated industries like fintech and insurance, integrating AI into core workflows presents unique challenges around compliance, transparency, and risk management. In this session, I will share how governance-aware AI frameworks can enable organizations to safely adopt automation in mission-critical systems. I will walk through a real-world architecture that combines rule-based controls, machine learning, and validation-driven workflows to ensure decisions are compliant before execution. The session focuses on practical approaches to embedding auditability, explainability, and control mechanisms directly into system design, helping enterprises move from manual, reactive processes to scalable, AI-driven operations.

Bhargavi Vepuri is a Director of Technology at Prudential Financial, specializing in enterprise architecture for regulated financial systems, with expertise in document intelligence, compliance