“We remain on track to invest nearly $1.5 billion in AI-related initiatives in 2026.”

In context

“rst enterprise approach. Tim Noel and Patrick Conway will discuss these efforts in more detail in a minute. We're encouraged by the way the year has started. We remain grounded in the need for consistent execution in managed care fundamentals and on a strategy to help build an integrated value-based health system that together makes things better and simpler for care providers, patients and customers. We are investing in AI-enabled modernization, while early, these capabilities are already improving experiences for consumers and care providers, increasing productivity and reducing administrative burden. The application of technology has long been foundational to how this enterprise operates and how we can help others across the health system improve their operations through Optum Insight. We remain on track to invest nearly $1.5 billion in AI-related initiatives in 2026. I hope our conversation today gives you a sense of the momentum building at our company and the steps we've taken to strengthen the enterprise and position it for long-term success. We have refocused the organization squarely on U.S. health care exiting non-U.S. businesses. We have refreshed nearly half of our top 100 leadership roles. Our accelerated technology and AI investments are showing meaningful potential, and we're actively evolving business practices in areas such as data and processing interoperability and speed, pharmacy practices, prior authorization, product and reporting transparency and management practices more broadly. At the corporate level, we strengthened governance by creating a Public Responsibility Committee of the Board, naming a new Lead Independent Director, new”