The missing step between hype and profit
Nobody is talking about the actual gap between AI hype and real revenue. Here's what it looks like.
Why it matters
A critical examination of the missing business model between AI technology hype cycles and actual profitable deployment—exploring why many AI initiatives fail to convert capability into revenue, and what that means for strategy.
The key facts
9 to knowArticle frames AI industry as stuck between hype and profit realization
References real-world sentiment (anti-AI march in London, February 2026)
Suggests structural business model gap in AI monetization
Published by MIT Technology Review (credible source)
Narrative-driven analysis piece, not data-heavy quantitative study
MIT Technology Review analysis of AI-to-profit conversion
Anti-AI activism increasing (London march cited)
Gap between venture enthusiasm and real-world deployment returns
Published April 2026 (recent)
Go to the source
MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
Publisher excerpt: This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In February, I picked up a flyer at an anti-AI march in London. I can’t say for sure whether or not its writers meant to riff on South Park’s underpants gnomes.…