Writer Survey: 79% of Enterprises Report AI Adoption Challenges Despite Heavy Investment

Summary

Writer's 2026 enterprise AI adoption study (published April 7, 2026, surfaced again in this week's Datadog/Deloitte cluster on enterprise ROI) reports that 79% of organizations now face AI adoption challenges — a double-digit increase over 2025 — even as 97% of executives have deployed AI agents in the past year and 59% of companies invest >$1M annually. Only 29% see significant ROI from generative AI; 23% from agents. 54% of C-suite executives describe AI adoption as "tearing their company apar