2025 is shaping up to be a turning point for enterprise AI adoption. With large language models and agentic software moving from pilots into everyday workflows, executives are under pressure to make smart, secure, and scalable choices.
To capture how organizations are approaching this shift, InnoLead surveyed nearly 100 senior leaders from large enterprises across a range of industries. We then created a slide deck that explores how companies like to learn about new AI tools; which stakeholders shape purchase decisions; and the hurdles that can slow down buying cycles. It also tracks growing budgets, top evaluation concerns, and levels of confidence in current strategies.
The 25-slide deck, available in PDF or PowerPoint format, includes actionable recommendations for buyers and vendors alike — highlighting the opportunities, risks, and emerging rules in the AI tools arena. InnoLead members will see download links (make sure you are logged in); non-members can request an excerpt using the form below.
Table of Contents:
- Executive summary
- How are you involved in AI use?
- Is your organization taking the right approach?
- Comments on our organization’s approach
- Who makes purchasing decisions
- Factors influencing engagement with vendors
- How do you prefer to hear about new AI solution vendors?
- Challenging dynamics
- What is the typical amount of time it takes to purchase a new AI tool?
- Spending level (last 12 months)
- Spending level (next 12 months)
- Advice to enterprise buyers
- Advice to AI tool vendors
- About the respondents
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