60%
Of companies are generating no material value from AI despite substantial investment. The gap between AI spend and AI outcomes has continued to widen.
2 in 3
Organizations remain stuck in experiment or pilot mode. Only one-third have begun to scale AI across the enterprise.
72%
Of CIOs report their organizations are breaking even or losing money on their AI investments.
63%
Of organizations do not have — or are unsure they have — the right data management practices to support AI.
Only 26%
Of Chief Data Officers are confident their organization's data can support AI-enabled outcomes — despite 81% reporting their data strategy is integrated on paper.
Only 34%
Of companies are using AI to deeply transform their business. The rest are deploying it without redesigning the workflows or structures underneath it.
37%
Of organizations report using AI at a surface level only, with little or no change to underlying business processes.
Only 20%
Of organizations are currently growing revenue through AI. 74% say revenue growth from AI remains an aspiration, not a result.
"Almost never leads to transformation"
Companies taking a crowdsourced, ground-up approach to AI rather than a top-down program produce projects that fail at the organizational level even when they succeed locally.
60%
Of AI projects will be abandoned through 2026 because they were not supported by AI-ready data — before the tools were ever given a chance to work.
60%
Of companies are generating no material value from AI despite substantial investment. The gap between AI spend and AI outcomes has continued to widen.
2 in 3
Organizations remain stuck in experiment or pilot mode. Only one-third have begun to scale AI across the enterprise.
72%
Of CIOs report their organizations are breaking even or losing money on their AI investments.
63%
Of organizations do not have — or are unsure they have — the right data management practices to support AI.
Only 26%
Of Chief Data Officers are confident their organization's data can support AI-enabled outcomes — despite 81% reporting their data strategy is integrated on paper.
Only 34%
Of companies are using AI to deeply transform their business. The rest are deploying it without redesigning the workflows or structures underneath it.
37%
Of organizations report using AI at a surface level only, with little or no change to underlying business processes.
Only 20%
Of organizations are currently growing revenue through AI. 74% say revenue growth from AI remains an aspiration, not a result.
"Almost never leads to transformation"
Companies taking a crowdsourced, ground-up approach to AI rather than a top-down program produce projects that fail at the organizational level even when they succeed locally.
60%
Of AI projects will be abandoned through 2026 because they were not supported by AI-ready data — before the tools were ever given a chance to work.
