A few week, Anna Hakobyan, Head of Pyxis’s Private Equity Vertical was at Davos, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 (WEF). AI dominated every panel, every conversation, every billboard. But while everyone is talking about AI, far fewer are implementing it successfully.

The Reality Check

o   97% of organizations want to leverage Generative AI (GenAI), yet only 14% actually do.

o   74% of companies struggle to scale AI and only 16% are truly AI ready.

o   Companies leading in AI adoption outperform their peers by 15%.

o   Early adopters of AI tools achieved 13% of cost savings.

o   AI success is not only about technology.

The numbers are real. AI is no longer a myth or a distant future – it is the present. Businesses that ignore its power will struggle. Those that adopt will stay in the game. But the real winners will be the ones who use AI to maximize what already makes them great.

The Session that Stood Out

One of the most insightful discussions came from Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, who explained that companies fall in two categories.

Those who have migrated their operations to the cloud.

Those who haven’t and are still stuck in endless proof-of-concept (POC) cycles.

If your company has already migrated to the cloud, organized, and labeled its data, you have a head start in extracting value from AI. If your data is still on-premise, unstructured or unlabeled, AI will not work effectively. Legacy systems slow companies down.

So, in order to get your company AI ready, the first step is to organize your data and move it to the cloud. Only then can AI generate meaningful insights.

If you are in the 14% of the companies that are AI-ready and extract value, we’d love to hear your story and feature it in the upcoming articles – people learn best from real-world cases.

For years, Pyxis has been a trusted partner for leading financial institutions in Uruguay, guiding them through cloud transformation and AI adoption. We help businesses move beyond proof-of-concept to real AI impact. If your organization is looking to accelerate AI adoption, let’s connect.

This chart below, developed by WEF and Accenture provides a clear framework to help companies assess where they stand in their AI adoption journey.