Three Out of Four AI Projects Bleed Cash in 2025—Tech’s Golden Goose Isn’t Laying Eggs

Silicon Valley’s AI obsession hits a brutal reality check—most implementations hemorrhage money instead of minting it.

Wall Street shrugs: ’But have you tried adding blockchain to it?’

Will AI Technology Become the Next ‘Failed’ Metaverse?

Despite AI initiatives giving less than impressive returns, CEOs are confident that the technology will find a breakthrough. The report shows that 85% of the CEOs in the survey say they are confident that. They expect some positive return on investment from 2027 as the technology might take time to sustainably scale up.

In addition, 77% of the CEOs want to expand AI innovation and emphasize growth, and anticipate a positive ROI. Whether the AI technology will thrive or remain limited to what it is today, the next two years will decide. Even the Metaverse was touted to be the future, with tech giants jumping to take the steering wheel, but all failed.

said IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn.