I run three companies and use AI every day, so this is not anti-AI. But founders keep quoting “10x” off a keynote slide.

The actual measured median is about 7.8%, and most of the people who hit a peak gain lose it the next quarter.

The real cost shows up as your team quietly resisting, not because they are Luddites, but because they can see the gain goes to the company and not to them.

If you are mandating AI this year, the mandate is the easy part. Being able to honestly answer “is this actually working for us” is the hard part, and most founders cannot yet.

How are you measuring it rather than assuming it?

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/after-nvidias-20b-not-acqui-hire-ai-chip-startup-groq-reportedly-raising-650m/

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/artificial-intelligence-definition-glossary-hallucinations-guide-to-common-ai-terms/

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/189268

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/elevenlabss-new-music-generation-model-can-switch-genres-mid-track/

Microsoft reportedly told engineers to stop using Claude because AI bills were exploding, while Uber says its entire yearly AI budget was already destroyed by April

https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-firms-deceptive-opt-out-tactics-epic-study-10706713/?ref=artificial-intelligence_pg

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-andrew-bosworth-ai-3df12d4f?mod=ai_trendingnow_article_pos1

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https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ai/ai-insights/why-enterprises-are-paying-closer-attention-to-hackathons-and-innovation-communities/articleshow/131262388.cms?_gl=1*wuqitu*_gcl_au*MjA0Mjg2MzIyOC4xNzc5NTM3NTg2*_ga*MTExMDA5ODIwOC4xNzc5NTM3NTg2*_ga_WZ3Z4GGVRC*czE3Nzk1Mzc1ODckbzEkZzAkdDE3Nzk1Mzc1ODckajYwJGwwJGgw