95% of AI Pilots Fail. The Technology Works Fine.

Boards in the $30M–$500M range are being asked the same question right now: "Can we move on AI?" The pressure is understandable. Competitors are experimenting. Vendors are eloquent. Internal teams are already using it. The tooling barrier has collapsed. The organizational barrier has not moved. MIT's 2025 NANDA initiative found that roughly 95% of enterprise generative AI pilots deliver no measurable P&L impact. Industry data consistently shows that only a small fraction of proofs-of-concept