Only 7% of AI leaders can show established ROI

Only 7% of leaders reported established AI ROI in KPMG’s survey of 2,145 senior executives, while organizations with strong cost visibility were five times as likely to reach that mark—15% versus 3%. The finding turns the warning that Meta’s business agents can cost up to $50,000 per million messages into a procurement rule: meter cost per completed outcome and make spend review part of deployment approval before usage-based agents leave the pilot.