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One key insight is that enterprise-grade AI products usually take about 18 months to fully develop and bring to market, with some taking up to three years. This long development cycle, born of rigorous testing and refinement, explains why many reports of AI failures or successes are based on relatively outdated technology.
Thus, the claimed 95% failure rate of AI pilots is somewhat misleading—it captures the early, experimental phase rather than mature, scalable implementations. The real measure of AI success lies in the small percentages that do succeed and their potential to dramatically alter industry practices.