84% of large enterprises have cancelled an AI project because of legacy systems

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The AI project that never ships rarely makes headlines, but it is becoming one of the most expensive habits in enterprise technology.

A new study by GFT Technologies and Wakefield Research, which surveyed 945 CIOs and CTOs across 19 countries at organisations with annual revenues of at least $500m, finds that 84% have cancelled at least one AI pilot or project because of limitations in their legacy systems. For 22%, it has happened more than once. Almost all respondents (95%) say legacy technology delays their ability to deploy and scale AI, and 56% describe that delay as moderate or major.

The picture is of a technology industry that has bought the engine before checking the chassis.

Not an isolated finding

The GFT numbers fit a pattern that analyst firms have been describing for some time. Gartner forecast that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end...

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