CIOs Increasingly Dump In-House POCs For Commercial AI
CIO, Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
High failure rates and low returns of homegrown AI pilots are accelerating a shift to commercial, off-the-shelf solutions as software vendors roll more AI functionality into their products.
After thousands of AI proof-of-concept projects have died on the vine, many organizations are scaling back internal efforts in favor of adopting commercial, off-the-shelf AI tools.
About half of companies surveyed by Gartner in late 2023 were developing their own AI tools, but the number fell to about 20% at the end of 2024, says John-David Lovelock, a vice president and analyst at Gartner.