MIT Media Lab
The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025
95%
of enterprise AI pilots deliver
zero measurable P&L impact
Based on 300+ initiatives, 150 leader interviews, and 350 employee surveys. Large enterprises average 9 months to scale vs. 90 days for mid-market firms.
"Generic tools stall in enterprise use since they don't learn from or adapt to workflows. The biggest ROI is in back-office automation — yet more than half of budgets go to sales and marketing."
MIT NANDA Initiative — August 2025
McKinsey & Company
The State of AI: Global Survey 2025
61%
of organizations report zero
enterprise-level EBIT impact from AI
Survey of 1,993 participants across 105 countries. 88% claim to use AI, but two-thirds remain stuck in pilot mode. Only 6% qualify as high performers.
"Only 21% of organizations have fundamentally redesigned workflows as they deploy AI. Most are bolting AI onto broken processes — and wondering why it doesn't work."
McKinsey Global Survey — November 2025
Boston Consulting Group
The Widening AI Value Gap
60%
of companies generate no material
value from AI despite investment
Survey of 1,250 executives worldwide. Only 5% are "future-built." The gap between leaders and laggards is accelerating — leaders see 3.6× greater shareholder returns.
"The biggest roadblocks are not technical but organizational — relating to people, strategy, and processes. Transformation should focus 70% on people and processes, 20% on technology, and only 10% on algorithms."
BCG — September 2025