This session will focus on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools in public sector finance. The session will begin with a brief overview of AI by focusing on the question, everybody has heard about AI but do people really understand it? Next, the session will describe methods in which the private sector is leveraging AI to assess risk and make better management and investment decisions. The session will conclude with how AI strategies in the private sector can be leveraged in the public sector, particularly in the areas of collections, economic development, and financing.