{"slug": "everything-we-know-about-how-biggest-wall-street-banks-are-using-ai", "title": "Everything we know about how biggest Wall Street banks are using AI", "summary": "JPMorgan Chase is investing nearly $20 billion annually in technology and $2 billion in AI, with CEO Jamie Dimon saying the investment has already matched its cost in savings. The bank has rolled out its proprietary generative AI platform to more than 200,000 employees and has almost 1,000 use cases, while also tracking engineers' use of GitHub Copilot and restructuring leadership to focus on AI business initiatives.", "body_md": "[Become an Insider](/subscription)and start reading now. Have an account? .\n\nWall Street is betting big on, and pouring billions into, AI, as big banks jostle to remain ahead of the technological curve.\n\n[Generative AI](https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-ai-patents-use-cases-trading-user-experience-2024-3) is impacting everything from trading floors to back offices, workflows to workplace culture. It's changing what it means to be a [software engineer,](https://www.businessinsider.com/banks-morgan-stanley-citi-capital-one-upskill-engineer-developers-ai-2025-12?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=phone-booth-alice-tecotzky) how [junior bankers stand out](https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-juniors-may-manage-bots-execs-say-2025-10), and [even the roles inside the C-suite.](https://www.businessinsider.com/cto-cio-top-jobs-wall-street-goldman-sachs-citadel-2024-8) The shift, it seems, is only just beginning.\n\nYet for all the proclaimed advancements, analysts continue to pepper executives with questions about [returns and safety,](https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-anthropic-mythos-ai-cyber-risks-2026-4) as concerns mount across industries about whether the gargantuan spending on AI is justified. And though harnessing the technology is table stakes at this point — [JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon](https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-career) said his bank doesn't \"uniquely benefit from AI\" since everyone is now using it — gradations still exist between firms' strategies.\n\nHere's what we know about how Wall Street's biggest banks are embracing AI.\n\n## JPMorgan Chase\n\nThe nation's biggest bank is putting a lot of effort toward making sure it's an early mover in AI, with the help of a nearly $20 billion annual technology budget. Dimon has previously said he's out to win the AI arms race, and he thinks [JPMorgan's $2 billion AI investment](https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-2-billion-ai-investment-paying-off-2025-10) has already matched its cost in savings.\n\nThe firm is keeping close tabs on how its tens of thousands of [engineers are using AI](https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-objectives-software-engineers-developers-boost-productivity-ai-2026-3), Business Insider reported. One dashboard tracks how much developers use GitHub Copilot and classifies them into \"light,\" \"heavy,\" or \"non\" users. The bank has also updated objectives for its engineers, who are now expected to \"drive excellence\" by adopting AI, according to posts on the company intranet.\n\nIn July, the firm's AI chief, Teresa Heitsenrether, announced her retirement after four decades at the bank, [reshuffling technology leadership](https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-ai-leadership-teresa-heitsenrether-retire-jamie-dimon-2026-7). JPMorgan said at the time that it was restructuring its firmwide chief data and analytics office as it transitions from focusing on AI infrastructure to business initiatives. JPMorgan [reorganized its commercial and investment bank ](https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-reorganizing-investment-bank-guy-halamish-ai-2026-2)in February to \"maximize the impact of AI,\" according to an internal memo reviewed by Business Insider. Each major business in the division now reports to Guy Halamish, the newly named chief operating officer of the CIB.\n\nDimon said on a second-quarter earnings call that his bank already has almost [1,000 use cases](https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-earnings-ai-jobs-token-spending-2026-7), from fraud protection to marketing to note-taking. The bank has rolled out its [proprietary genAI platform ](https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-generative-ai-tool-private-bank-2024-5)to more than 200,000 employees — seeking to reengineer workflows for everyone from coders to portfolio managers.\n\nThe bank's AI efforts are impacting those beyond its immediate workforce. JPMorgan Chase's asset management unit announced plans to discontinue a long-held practice of using external proxy advisors for shareholder voting in the US this year. In place of external human advisors, the firm is launching an in-house AI platform, called [Proxy IQ](https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-ditches-proxy-adivsory-firms-for-ai-shareholder-votes-memo-2026-1), to support shareholder decisions.\n\n## Goldman Sachs\n\n[Goldman put $6 billion](https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-ceo-david-solomon-ai-headcount-investment-spending-2025-10) behind its technology spend this year, but [David Solomon, ](https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-ceo-david-solomon-ai-ipo-investment-bank-analyst-2025-1)the bank's CEO, said in October he wished it were more. He would like to be at least $8 billion, but \"I can't afford it because I've got to deliver returns.\"\n\nSolomon [encouraged this year's interns](https://www.businessinsider.com/david-solomon-goldman-sachs-summer-intern-letter-spacex-2026-6) to experiment with AI tools \"to enhance your teams' workflows\" in his annual letter; the rest of the firm got a definitive statement about AI's impact in October, when a [memo went out to employees](https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-job-cuts-ai-operations-overhaul-onegs-2025-10) announcing the third iteration of the cross-bank initiative, OneGS. The memo said the plan would leverage AI to drive efficiency at the firm, slow hiring, and result in a \"limited reduction\" of roles.\n\nGoldman, like its peers, has been rolling out tools to all employees, including an internal AI assistant. [Marco Argenti,](https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-marco-argenti-cio-interview-ai-engineers-careers-2025-9) the chief information officer, told Business Insider that he's more interested in [measuring teams' velocity](https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-marco-argenti-ai-engineers-developers-effectiveness-productivity-2026-5) with AI tools than individual usage. The bank has been working with Anthropic to develop AI agents that can automate a number of internal functions, Marco [ told CNBC in February](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/anthropic-goldman-sachs-ai-model-accounting.html). The project focused on accounting for trades and transactions and on client onboarding, he said.\n\n## Citigroup\n\nCiti is trying to win the AI game on employee buy-in above all else. [Tim Ryan](https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ryan-citi-tech-transformation-ai-citigroup-2026-7), the firm's tech chief who oversees the bank's $12 billion tech budget, told Business Insider that he believes firms need a mix of \"metrics and pride.\" Citi has taken a bottom-up approach to embedding AI throughout its lines of business, with 4,000 employees trained as [AI stewards](https://www.businessinsider.com/citi-bank-ai-accelerators-volunteers-2025-12).\n\nNearly 90% of employees at Citi are using AI tools, CEO Jane Fraser said on the bank's 2026 earnings call. This year, the bank has unveiled an [AI wealth advisor](https://www.businessinsider.com/citi-ai-wealth-management-agents-2026-4) and begun to scale the use of agents.\n\nUnlike some competitors, [Citi does not measure](https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ryan-citi-technology-ai-transformation-jane-fraser-2026-7) employees' granular AI usage; instead, it measures \"the big things\" and encourages employees to use the lowest-cost model that meets their needs.\n\nIn June 2025, the bank doubled down on its [AI ambitions](https://www.businessinsider.com/citigroup-jane-fraser-ai-strategy-new-leadership-agentic-ai-2025-6)[, appointing new leadership](https://www.businessinsider.com/citigroup-jane-fraser-ai-strategy-new-leadership-agentic-ai-2025-6) to helm its tech transformation.\n\n## Wells Fargo\n\nBusiness Insider [spoke to Saul Van Beurden, ](https://www.businessinsider.com/wells-fargo-growth-ai-head-saul-van-beurden-2026-3)the bank's Head of AI,[ ](https://www.businessinsider.com/wells-fargo-growth-ai-head-saul-van-beurden-2026-3)about how AI is fueling the bank's post-asset cap growth.\n\nThe firm uses a \"hub and spoke\" model for its AI architecture, with Van Beurden's small team as the central hub and each business line's generative AI lead as a spoke. AI agents, he said, are becoming central to some of the highest-impact use cases.\n\nWhen Business Insider spoke to Van Beurden in March, the bank wasn't mandating that its employees use AI.\n\nIn July, Wells Fargo announced an \"AI teammate\" for its financial advisors, which it says will help increase daily activity. CEO Charles Scharf has previously said that generative AI tools have already made the bank's engineers up to 35% more productive.\n\nWells Fargo also tapped Amazon Web Services executive Faraz Shafiq to lead AI products and solutions at the beginning of 2026, the latest in a string of high-profile tech poachings on Wall Street.\n\n## Bank of America\n\nBank of America's tech ambitions were backed by a $13 billion tech budget in 2025, and CEO Brian Moynihan has said AI is already embedded across the firm, from consumer banking to institutional clients.\n\nMore than 300 AI and machine learning cases have been approved at the firm, and at least 34 generative AI use cases are fully deployed, the bank said in a second-quarter earnings presentation in July. Employees in wealth, investment banking, and engineering are among those who have specialized tools.\n\nClients have interacted with Bank of America's virtual assistant, Erica, more than 3.2 billion times since the tool launched in 2018, the [bank said in March.](https://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/content/newsroom/press-releases/2026/03/bofa-ai-and-digital-innovations-fuel-30-billion-client-interacti.html)\n\nMoynihan shed light on some of the models that use AI at the bank when speaking at a February conference. There is, he said, a model that puts out a daily markets report, and others that help draft pitch books.\n\n## Morgan Stanley\n\nMorgan Stanley has had a years-long partnership with OpenAI and has equipped financial advisors with generative AI [since 2024.](https://www.morganstanley.com/press-releases/ai-at-morgan-stanley-debrief-launch?utm_source=chatgpt.com)\n\nCFO Sharon Yeshaya lifted the curtain on some of the firm's progress on AI during an earnings call last year. She highlighted** **[DevGen.AI](https://www.businessinsider.com/devgen-ai-tool-saved-morgan-stanley-280-000-hours-jobs-2025-7), a tool that, from January to June, had saved developers more than 280,000 hours, or 11,666 days, they would have previously dedicated to deciphering outdated code, Business Insider previously reported.\n\nParable, an interactive tool that analyzes and summarizes data, and LeadIQ, an AI-powered lead distribution platform that matches users of its workplace and self-directed platforms to the bank's financial advisors, were also spotlighted in the call.\n\nA 2025 survey of [ Morgan Stanley's interns](https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-intern-survival-guide-2025-6) also gave a peek into just how popular and useful AI has been for the industry's youngest cohort. ChatGPT is their favorite tool by far, with 72% of Morgan Stanley's interns saying they use it daily or several times a week. 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