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89%
89% -- pilot to production failure rate for Enterprise AI agent pilots (2026)
Roughly 89% of AI agent pilots that reach demo stage never reach production.
- Specifically applies to AI agent pilots that reach demo stage
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89%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Gartner / IDC
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Tier C
https://alicelabs.ai/en/insights/ai-prototype-90-day-retail-pilot ↗
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AI Prototype in 2-4 Weeks + 90
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Gartner / IDC
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Gartner and IDC 2026 data cited via Beri
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Enterprise AI agent pilots: 89% pilot to production failure rate. Source: Gartner / IDC (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gartner-idc-ai-agent-pilots-never-production-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gartner-idc-ai-agent-pilots-never-production-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>89%</strong> -- pilot to production failure rate for Enterprise AI agent pilots<br><small>Source: Gartner / IDC (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gartner-idc-ai-agent-pilots-never-production-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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