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5% -- return on investment for AI projects (2025)
Only 5% of AI projects have exhibited any return on investment according to MIT research.
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5%
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2025
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95
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50
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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86
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MIT
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https://www.analysysmason.com/research/content/articles/ai-investment-hype-rma09/ ↗
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Returns on AI investments may be harder to achieve than the hype suggests
Returns on AI investments may be harder to achieve than the hype suggests
05 November 2025 | Research and Insights
Article | PDF (3 pages) | Applications Data and Strategies
NVIDIA has conducted a survey of various telecoms operators (including mobile, fixed and cable companies), as well as their ha…
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Research based on 150 interviews with technology leaders, a survey of 350 employees and an analysis of 300 public AI deployments.
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AI projects: 5% return on investment. Source: MIT (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-project-roi-success-rate
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-project-roi-success-rate" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>5%</strong> -- return on investment for AI projects<br><small>Source: MIT (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-project-roi-success-rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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