AI in business

The Early Scale: Suki’s $90M round and the work AI agents leave unfinished

Suki raised $90 million for AI development, commercial expansion and partnerships. Buyers still need evidence that tools fit the work people actually do.

Deloitte: 38% of B2B Buyers Now Use Agentic AI

Deloitte research via WSJ (March 2026) finds 38% of surveyed B2B buyers use agentic AI, while most suppliers lack full front-to-back integration.

The Early Scale: AI Is Deployed Everywhere. It's Working Nowhere Near Expectations.

Enterprise AI is deployed in 57% of companies but only 11% are hitting their goals. A $1.5B joint venture just launched on the thesis that implementation, not model quality, is the real battleground. And 90% of CMOs say AI has already changed how buyers find brands.

The Early Scale: 80% of US Factories Have Zero Automation as 72% of B2B Buyers Turn to ChatGPT

80% of U.S. factories have zero automation, 72% of B2B buyers now use ChatGPT to evaluate vendors, and the energy transition market hits $3.17T with 1,650 GW stuck in grid queues. Here's your Monday B2B intelligence.

The Early Scale: Enterprise AI Budgets Run Dry as CMA CGM Drops $1.4B on US Logistics

Enterprise AI budgets are exhausted before year-end, CMA CGM drops $1.4B to triple its North American logistics footprint, and 80% of US factories still run without a single robot. Here's what every B2B operator needs to know this Saturday morning.

The Early Scale: Uber Burns Its AI Budget in Four Months, Starbucks Kills Its AI System After Nine

Uber burned its AI budget in four months. Starbucks killed an AI system after nine. Toyota moved a factory. And YC just flooded construction with a dozen new startups. Here's what sharp operators do with all of it.

Bain & Company expands enterprise technology practice as CIO role takes center stage in AI era

Bain & Company is scaling its enterprise technology consulting arm, with 300+ tech partners and ~2,000 due diligence assessments, as AI reshapes the CIO mandate