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The Hackett Group has launched version 5.0 of its Hackett AI XPLR platform, introducing significant enhancements designed to accelerate and structure the enterprise journey from generative AI ideation to agentic solution deployment. The platform provides a disciplined framework for identifying, evaluating, and designing AI solutions grounded in an organization's specific business processes, data, and automation landscape to drive measurable ROI.
The Hackett Group launches Hackett AI XPLR 5.0 for enterprise licensing.
The platform accelerates and structures Gen AI ideation and agentic solution design.
New modules include Ideation XPLR, Data XPLR, and a unified AI COE dashboard.
It transforms enterprise process data into structured semantic knowledge for AI.
The platform provides end-to-end visibility across the AI opportunity lifecycle.
It works with Hackett's ZBrain agentic orchestration platform for seamless deployment.
Many enterprises struggle to move beyond Gen AI experimentation to achieve tangible business outcomes. Hackett AI XPLR 5.0 addresses this gap by providing a systematic, client-specific approach to AI opportunity discovery and solution design. Ted A. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO at The Hackett Group, highlighted the core challenge, stating, “While enterprises continue to invest heavily in Gen AI, most struggle to translate experimentation into measurable business impact. Hackett AI XPLR™ 5.0 ensures enterprises design AI solutions grounded in their own business processes, data and automation footprint – all critical components to the design, development and deployment of high-impact Gen AI solutions.”
The new release introduces three major enhancements: Ideation XPLR for guided opportunity discovery, Data XPLR for converting process data into semantic knowledge, and a unified AI COE dashboard for lifecycle visibility. Together, they aim to replace inconsistent, informal ideation with a disciplined intake and evaluation process.
The Data XPLR module allows organizations to transform existing enterprise process data—in any format—into structured semantic knowledge. This client-specific knowledge base then fuels the identification of AI opportunities and the design of solution blueprints within the platform.
The Ideation XPLR module provides a guided framework to capture and refine AI ideas into fully structured, high-impact opportunities. This structured intake process is designed to elevate early-stage exploration and ensure initiatives are aligned with business performance levers from the start.
The new unified AI COE dashboard offers comprehensive, end-to-end visibility as opportunities progress from ideation through to the build phase. It provides a consolidated view for prioritizing initiatives based on their functional distribution and business case, establishing a consistent framework for evaluation.
Akash Takyar, CEO of LeewayHertz, a Hackett Group Company, emphasized the strategic shift the platform enables, noting, “The organizations advancing meaningfully with AI are those re-examining how work should be structured and executed, rather than relying on new tools as surface-level add-ons to existing processes. Hackett AI XPLR™ 5.0 provides the structure and specificity leaders need to determine where AI can truly reshape actions, decisions, and outcomes.”
By aligning structured ideation with enterprise knowledge and full lifecycle observability, Hackett AI XPLR 5.0 aims to provide the foundation for enterprises to transition from experimental pilots to measurable, performance-led AI execution at scale, seamlessly connecting to the ZBrain agentic orchestration platform for deployment.
About The Hackett Group®
The Hackett Group, Inc. is a Gen AI strategic consulting and digital transformation firm that enables Digital World Class® performance. Using Hackett AI XPLR™, ZBrain™, XT™, AIXelerator™ and AskHackett.ai™ and Quantum Leap® platforms, the company’s experienced professionals and engineers help organizations realize the power of Gen AI from ideation through implementation to achieve quantifiable, breakthrough results with unprecedented speed, allowing it to be key architects of their Gen AI journey. The company’s expertise is grounded in unparalleled best practices insights from enterprise performance benchmarks from the world’s leading businesses – including 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 90% of the Fortune 100, 70% of the DAX 40 and 51% of the FTSE 100.
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