2026 OVERVIEW

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AI Impact Gap

AI budgets are increasing, but measurable revenue, cost and cycle-time returns are not. We help you get the most from your AI investments.

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Manufacturing
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56%

of 4,454 CEOs across 95 countries report neither higher revenues nor lower costs from AI.

26%

of all enterprise AI spend is wasted across models, tools, and infrastructure (Harness FinOps 2026).

95%

of organizations reportedly report zero return despite $30–40B in enterprise GenAI investment.

REASONS FOR THE AI IMPACT GAP

Why do 95% of organizations report zero return on their AI investments? We identify six critical roadblocks preventing teams from realizing measurable business values.

Barrier 01

Wrong business priorities

Projects are chosen based on organizational excitement or tech hype rather than strategic, high-value business goals.

Readiness Risk Factor
Barrier 02

Low organizational readiness

Teams lack the operational structure, hands-on training, and workflow alignment required to deploy AI solutions daily.

Readiness Risk Factor
Barrier 03

Inadequate infrastructure

Legacy technology stacks fall short of the high-speed data pipelines and elastic computing needed to power AI models.

Readiness Risk Factor
Barrier 04

Poor data quality & availability

Siloed, unstructured, or dirty data limits accuracy, leading to untrustworthy model behaviors and failed workflows.

Readiness Risk Factor
Barrier 05

Weak compliance & governance

Lack of clean standards around data privacy, ethical boundaries, and security oversight introduces operational risks.

Readiness Risk Factor
Barrier 06

Escalating compute & API costs

Unoptimized token usage, hardware licensing, and compute costs scale rapidly, wiping out project ROI margins.

Readiness Risk Factor

HOW STRATEGY OF THINGS AI (SoT AI) HELPS

Three services to get the most impact from your AI portfolio investments.

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AI Maturity Assessment

Understand your organization’s readiness for AI across nine dimensions with the SoT AI Enterprise Reference Model.

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SoT AI Portfolio Compass

Assess, plan, prioritize, manage, and govern an AI portfolio that creates measurable business impact.

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AI Market Intelligence

Bring the latest developments, trends, and best practices to your AI initiatives.

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