December 19, 2025
82% of Companies Are Seeing Positive AI ROI
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A first readout of the AI ROI Benchmarking Study shows that real business value from AI is no longer theoretical: 82 percent of organizations report positive ROI today, 37 percent report significant or transformational impact, and nearly all expect gains to accelerate over the next year. Drawing on more than 1,200 respondents and 5,000 use cases, this episode breaks down where ROI is actually coming from, why smaller organizations are often seeing outsized gains, how time savings compare to strategic benefits like new capabilities and decision quality, and what the data says about agents versus assisted AI at this stage of adoption. Learn more: https://aidbintel.com/ Brought to you by: KPMG – Discover how AI is transforming possibility into reality. Tune into the new KPMG 'You Can with AI' podcast and unlock insights that will inform smarter decisions inside your enterprise. Listen now and start shaping your future with every episode. https://www.kpmg.us/AIpodcasts Rovo - Unleash the potential of your team with AI-powered Search, Chat and Agents - https://rovo.com/ Zenflow by Zencoder - Turn raw speed into reliable, production-grade output at https://zenflow.free/ LandfallIP - AI to Navigate the Patent Process - https://landfallip.com/ Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months Robots & Pencils - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results https://robotsandpencils.com/ The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ to request your company's agent readiness score. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614 Interested in sponsoring the show? sponsors@aidailybrief.ai