Signal 30% of early-stage adopters struggle to justify AI ROI against 21% of AI leaders
Summary
Deloitte finds that 30% of finance leaders in the early stages of AI adoption struggle to justify return on investment, against 21% of those further along the journey, whom the report calls AI leaders.
Classification
Main topicMacroeconomy & Finance
Secondary topicsAI & Computing
Region menusGlobal
Occurrencescope:global
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Finance Trends 2026: Navigating the expanded scope of finance Deloitte Development LLC (Deloitte Insights, CFO Program) page=12;section=Trend 4: The journey to agentic insights—Many finance teams embrace AI, but ROI and agentic implementations often lag 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
- Finance Trends 2026: Navigating the expanded scope of finance Deloitte Development LLC (Deloitte Insights, CFO Program) page=12;section=Trend 4: The journey to agentic insights—Many finance teams embrace AI, but ROI and agentic implementations often lag 2025 accessed 2026-07-26
Part of trends 1
Directly linked issues 1
- IssueThe binding constraint is moving from pilots to AI embedded in everyday finance operations1 trends · 1 signals
Relation types: direct_urgent · supports
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