{"author_name":"AI to ROI","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/aitoroi/episodes/a9089fc4-2111-46ac-9cc8-9d9415b8257d","description":"<p>On this AI to ROI Big Story episode, our hosts Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan dig into Deloitte's 2026 State of AI Report,  a 41-page annual study surveying over 3,300 business leaders on the state of enterprise AI adoption. Deloitte calls it \"The Untapped Edge,\" and Ray and Peter unpack exactly why.</p><p>They walk through the report's seven key inflection points from scaling pilots into production and reimagining business processes, to agentic AI, sovereign AI, and physical AI, with a focus on what the data actually means for companies trying to drive real ROI in 2026.</p><p>Key topics covered in this episode include:</p><ul><li><strong>Pilot to Production</strong>: Why 54% of respondents expect a major leap in production deployment in the next 3–6 months, and why 37% of companies are still making little or no change to existing processes</li><li><strong>Productivity &amp; Revenue</strong>: How 66% of organizations report efficiency gains today, but only 20% are seeing actual revenue impact from AI - and what it will take to close that gap</li><li><strong>Business Transformation</strong>: Why 84% of companies have yet to redesign jobs around AI, and what that means for long-term competitiveness</li><li><strong>Agentic AI</strong>: What the jump from 26% to 74% expected adoption of agentic AI over two years signals, and the top enterprise use cases including customer support, supply chain, R&amp;D, and cybersecurity</li><li><strong>Governance</strong>: Why only 21% of companies have a mature governance model for autonomous agents, and what leading companies are doing to build responsible frameworks from the ground up</li><li><strong>Sovereign AI</strong>: How 83% of multinational board members view sovereign AI as at least moderately important, and why the US, Europe, and the Middle East are approaching it very differently</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Ray and Peter close with a clear-eyed summary of what enterprises need to do now: close the gap between strategy and operational readiness, redesign work with an AI-first mindset, and shift focus from incremental efficiency to genuine strategic reinvention.</p><p>📰 This episode is based on the February 19th edition of the AI to ROI newsletter. Subscribe at <a href=\"https://ai2roi.substack.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ai2roi.substack.com</a></p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/aitoroi/episodes/a9089fc4-2111-46ac-9cc8-9d9415b8257d/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Deloitte 2026 State of AI Report - The Untapped Edge","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}