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78% -- business function ai adoption rate for organisations globally (Q1 2026)
78% of organisations globally reported using AI in at least one business function by early 2026.
- Most adoption is concentrated in one narrow business function (usually marketing or IT) rather than cross-functional integration
- Survey data may have self-selection bias toward optimistic respondents
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McKinsey
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https://www.lilachbullock.com/generative-ai-business-statistics/ ↗
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Generative AI Business Statistics 2026: The Numbers That Change How You Work - Lilach Bullock | AI Implementation Consultant
The short version: Generative AI adoption in business has moved from “we’re experimenting” to “we depend on this now” faster than almost any enterprise technology in history. The headline numbers are dramatic, but the more useful story is in the granular data about who is winning, who is stalling, a…
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organisations globally: 78% business function ai adoption rate. Source: McKinsey (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/mckinsey-generative-ai-adoption-2026
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