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58%

58%

58%

Small and mid-cap companies claiming AI plans 

<1%

58%

58%

Describe AI implementation as mature 

58%

75%

75%

75%

75%

Share of S&P 500 price returns captured by 42 AI-related companies since November 2022 

25%

75%

25%

Share captured by the other 458 companies

75%

25%

$6.1M

$6.1M

$6.1M

AppLovin revenue per employee, 2025 

82%

$6.1M

$6.1M

AppLovin adjusted EBITDA margin, 2025 

$6.1M

95%

95%

95%

95%

Corporate generative AI initiatives failing to yield meaningful operational results 

13%

95%

13%

S&P 500 boards with a dedicated technology committee 

15x

YoY growth in LLM spend across Blackstone's portfolio companies, Q1 2026. Implementation, per Jonathan Gray, remains "frustratingly slow." 

Pilot Purgatory is a research paper published by Sargasso Capital Management. © 2026 Sargasso Capital Management. All rights reserved. Nothing herein constitutes investment advice or a solicitation. See full disclaimers in the paper. 

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