B
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4%
4% -- share of businesses citing budget as ai blocker for surveyed businesses (2026-03)
Only 4% of surveyed businesses cited budget as a blocker to AI implementation.
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4%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-03
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242
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Luke Pierce (AI Implementation Survey)
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Tier B
https://glenmont.co/ai-implementation-gap-52-percent-stuck/ ↗
Source Article
AI Implementation Insights: Why Most Companies Are Still Stuck
I came across a survey last week that stopped me mid-scroll. A researcher named Luke Pierce surveyed 242 businesses about their AI implementation plans. Not a vendor-sponsored study. Not a press release from a platform trying to sell you something. Just raw data from real companies trying to figure …
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Luke Pierce (AI Implementation Survey)
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Luke Pierce's AI Implementation Survey of 242 businesses
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surveyed businesses: 4% share of businesses citing budget as ai blocker. Source: Luke Pierce (AI Implementation Survey) (2026-03). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/budget-blocker-ai-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/budget-blocker-ai-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>4%</strong> -- share of businesses citing budget as ai blocker for surveyed businesses<br><small>Source: Luke Pierce (AI Implementation Survey) (2026-03) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/budget-blocker-ai-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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