Why the AI boom keeps breaking in the middle

Executives at the largest American companies are pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence, yet most still cannot tell their boards what the money is buying.
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By 2030, agentic AI is expected to embedded to a moderate or great extent in major business functions.¹

↑46% Up in Finance ↑41% Up in HR ↑39% Up in Sales ↑33% Up in IT

Where AI strategies start to come apart

Most teams agree on the strategy. The problem is how ownership is shared—or not—across the C-suite. Complete the form below to get the full story of how leaders are bringing accountability back into focus as they successfully scale AI across their organizations.

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Footnotes

1 The enterprise in 2030, IBM Institute for Business Value, January 2026.