Enterprises Face Hurdles in Scaling AI Adoption Despite its Business Growth Potential

Key Intelligence

• ■An IBM study indicates AI is poised to drive significant business growth through 2030, but many companies struggle with effective adoption.
• ■Despite billions invested, only 5% of integrated AI pilots yield measurable business value, with nearly half of initiatives abandoned before production due to infrastructure limitations, not the AI models themselves.
• ■Leading companies are focusing on overcoming these bottlenecks by addressing data accessibility and rigid systems, and by redesigning work to become 'AI-native'.
• ■IBM is launching new services, such as the Enterprise Advantage Service, to help businesses scale agentic AI and responsibly embed machine learning and GenAI into operations.
• ■The World Economic Forum highlights strategies for building AI-native companies and harnessing AI growth effectively.