Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

Why AI isn’t showing up on your bottom line


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Welcome to Exponential View, the show where I explore how exponential technologies such as AI are reshaping our future. I’ve been studying AI and exponential technologies at the frontier for over ten years.

Each week, I share some of my analysis or speak with an expert guest to make light of a particular topic.

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More than three years after ChatGPT's release, only 27% of executives say AI has met their ROI expectations. The history of factory electrification explains why — most companies are at the light-bulb stage, adding Copilot licenses rather than reconceptualizing their businesses around AI. In this episode I map the three stages of AI adoption, and show what it actually takes to move from chatbots to the autonomous company — the only stage where the moat becomes real.

I covered:

(01:40) Ford's electricity playbook: why AI adoption needs a complete rethink

(03:51) The congestion problem: why AI gains stall

(05:45) Chatbot to autonomous company: your three-stage roadmap

(06:40) Why individual productivity gains won't build a moat — and what will

(10:17) Which companies are getting AI transformation right

(14:12) My 2029 AI adoption forecast — and how to stay ahead


Read my essay "Why AI isn't showing up on your bottom line" on Substack: https://www.exponentialview.co/p/why-ai-isnt-showing-up-on-your-bottom-line

Where to find me:

Exponential View newsletter: https://www.exponentialview.co/

Website: https://www.azeemazhar.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azeem/

Twitter/X: https://x.com/azeem

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Production and research: Baba Films, Chantal Smith, Marija Gavrilov.


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