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CEO AI confidence gap costs enterprises billions, VCs shift focus

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A significant gap exists between CEO confidence in AI tools and the reality of enterprise deployment, leading to billions in wasted investment. Many companies abandon AI initiatives because polished prototypes fail to translate into production-ready systems. Venture capital is now concentrating on agentic AI startups that demonstrate reliability and have solved the "last mile" of execution, rather than just novelty. AI

IMPACT Highlights how AI deployment failures and shifting VC focus impact enterprise AI strategy and investment.

RANK_REASON Article discusses trends and expert opinions on enterprise AI adoption challenges and venture capital investment strategies, rather than a specific event.

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CEO AI confidence gap costs enterprises billions, VCs shift focus

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Josipa Majic Predin, Contributor ·

    The CEO AI Confidence Gap Is Costing Enterprises Billions

    CEOs are falling for AI demos while employees inherit the broken workflows. Box CEO Aaron Levie explains why executive distance from last-mile work is the real reason enterprise AI agents fail, and what investors should watch instead.

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