McKinsey & CompanySurvey
The State of AI in 2025
1,993 respondents•Nov 2025
Enterprise AIAI AdoptionAI Strategy
McKinsey's 2025 Global AI Survey—spanning 1,993 executives across 105 nations—reveals a pivotal moment: AI adoption has reached near-universal levels at 88%, yet most organizations remain trapped in pilot purgatory. Only 38% have scaled AI beyond experiments, and just 6% are achieving transformative business impact. Meanwhile, AI agents have emerged as the next battleground, with 62% experimenting but only 23% deploying at scale. This analysis unpacks what separates high performers from the rest, why workflow redesign matters more than model selection, and what the workforce implications really look like.
88%Organizations using AI in at least one function