Gartner: global AI spending to hit $2.7T this year, up 49.5%, yet transformation still fails
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-20
Cited in "Why AI transformation doesn't work": Gartner's September forecast puts worldwide AI spending at $2.7 trillion this year, up 49.5% in twelve months. Yet a month later at its Orlando CIO conference, Gartner's own messaging underscored the gap between massive spending and successful enterprise transformation — the core tension the article unpacks.
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