BREAKING
NEA: Enterprises Still Chasing AI ROI
0
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CEOs expect 6+ months to profit
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%
CEOs see no revenue or cost gain
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%
agentic AI users with real ROI
How Much ROI Are Firms Seeing
Only 1-5% ROI
53
No rev or cost gain
56
Significant ROI
10
Horizontal vs Vertical AI
Horizontal Models
Claude
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Cover 0-80% of work
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Miss the last mile
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Skip re-forecasting
Vertical AI
August, Samaya
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Owns workflow end-to-end
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Delivers finished artifacts
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Proves hours saved
From Shiny Object to Real ROI
1
Shiny object phase
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2
Stuck in pilots
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3
Tokenmaxxing costs
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4
Real integration
2026: The Year AI ROI Gets Real
AI NEWS BLITZ
NEA partner Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI returns.