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Why aren’t more companies adopting AI?

Nobody is talking about why 60% of companies still haven't deployed AI. Hint: it's not the technology.

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The KeyNews take

Why it matters

Enterprise AI adoption is stalling due to organizational and structural barriers—not capability gaps. This is critical for founders selling into enterprises and investors funding B2B AI: product-market fit isn't enough if customers can't operationalize it.

The key facts

4 to know
  1. FT analysis of enterprise AI adoption barriers

  2. Organizational structure cited as primary blocker (not technology maturity)

  3. Implies significant gap between AI readiness and actual deployment

  4. Published June 2026 — recent market data on adoption slowdown

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Financial Times Technologyft.com

Publisher excerpt: Organisational barriers may still be too high
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