Companies Need To Redesign Around AI, Not Just Adopt It

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McKinsey’s 2025 survey found 88% of organizations use AI in at least one business function (nearly 2,000 orgs across 105 countries).
Only 6% of organizations qualified as AI high performers, delivering more than 5% EBIT impact.
MIT research found only 5% of AI pilots generate measurable profit-and-loss impact.
Ramp’s analysis ties higher AI token spending to faster growth; Ramp CEO Eric Glyman said 2022 AI tool adopters had 50% retention after 12 months (previous year 70%).
Hebbia is deployed at over 40% of the largest asset managers, and George Sivulka (March 2026) argues individual AI productivity gains aren’t reaching firms because of organizational bottlenecks.



