WEF Davos: Two-Thirds of Enterprises Have Not Scaled AI Beyond Pilots Despite $1.5 Trillion Invested

Summary

The World Economic Forum published an analysis during the closing day of its 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos highlighting a persistent enterprise AI scaling gap. Despite an estimated $1.5 trillion invested in AI in 2025 (per Gartner), a McKinsey global survey of almost 2,000 companies found that nearly two-thirds have not yet scaled their AI projects across the enterprise. The article drew on multiple high-profile CEO sessions at Davos to examine why scaling AI remains the dominant challenge. Roya