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68% -- share of executives reporting ai programs over budget for Senior executives (2026)

Name: Share Of Executives Reporting AI Programs Over Budget Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-19

2026 · Witness.AI

68% of surveyed senior executives reported that AI programs were over budget at some point in the preceding 12 months.

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68%

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2026

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Senior executives

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Witness.AI Primary Tier C

https://martech.org/the-hidden-costs-distorting-your-ai-roi/ ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Rss Editor

Source Article

The hidden costs distorting your AI ROI

Integration, oversight, data preparation, and displaced work can turn an impressive AI productivity gain into a much smaller financial return. The post The hidden costs distorting your AI ROI appeared first on MarTech.

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Witness.AI · Original study ↗

Methodology

Witness.AI 2026 AI Enterprise Risk Survey, preceding 12 months

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Senior executives: 68% share of executives reporting ai programs over budget. Source: Witness.AI (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-programs-over-budget

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