At the AI Reality Tour Singapore, IDC's Deepika Giri shared a stat that stuck: of roughly 18 GenAI pilots the average APAC org runs, only about 34.5% reach production — and just 37% of those hit KPIs.
The question isn't access anymore. It's allocation: which workloads, whose decisions, whose accountability.
APAC AI spend is growing roughly 34%/yr, but IT budgets aren't keeping pace — and only about 16% of orgs have unified AI governance.
As IDC put it: Winners aren't winning on tech. They're winning on org design, data discipline, and clarity.