AI Is Delivering Zero Financial Benefit?
AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/ai-delivers-zero-financial-payoff-to-most-companies-according-to-apollo-economist/
"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."
Filed October 26, 2026 at 9:22 am
My personal experience is clearly not showing up in the top 493 companies on the planet. I know I'm personally more productive. But that doesn't appear to be translating at the enterprise level. The article offers a reason.
“AI may be a great calculator, but in business, intelligence is mostly judgment,” Apollo’s Torsten Slok writes, later adding, “AI does not understand accountability, trust, culture, unwritten rules, ethical trade-offs or fairness, all of which shape reputational risk and ultimately drive revenue growth and profit margins.”