Many AI pilots succeed but scaling AI enterprise-wide often stalls due to gaps in IT maturity, including strategy, architecture, governance, financial management, and talent enablement. KPMG highlights five essential pillars for AI maturity—aligned AI strategy, integrated architecture, strong data governance, disciplined financial management, and embedded AI fluency—to overcome fragmentation, data challenges, and operational risks that impede full AI adoption beyond pilot success.
https://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/2026/enterprise-ai-pilots.html