# Inside The MIT AI Study Everyone Misunderstood (And What It Means For Startups)

**Author:** Y Combinator
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/N4-inside-the-mit-ai-study-everyone-misunderstood-and-what-it-means-for-startups
**YouTube ID:** DULfEcPR0Gc

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MIT's new State of AI in Business report went viral for claiming that 95% of enterprise AI projects fail. But the real
story isn't that AI doesn't work — it's just big companies can't build it.

In this episode of the Lightcone, Garry, Harj, Diana, and Jared break down what the study really says, why in-house
enterprise AI efforts keep stalling, and how startups are filling the gap with products that learn, integrate, and
actually deliver value.

