Why Enterprise AI Pilots Fail
CIODIVE, Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
Leaders trying to scale AI tools across the organization contend with employee resistance, communication breakdowns and a lack of engagement.
Eye-popping data has painted a bleak picture of IT leaders' ability to run successful AI pilots.
MIT found 95% of generative AI pilots fail despite ambitious enterprise expectations of rapid technology deployment. In a McKinsey survey, nearly 66% of respondents said their companies had not yet begun scaling AI enterprisewide. Indeed, many companies have been stuck in an AI pilot purgatory, some hitting a wall with generative AI last year.