The State of Play

A living index of AI adoption across industries — where established practice meets the bleeding edge
UPDATED DAILY

The AI landscape doesn't move in one direction — it lurches. Some techniques leap from experiment to table stakes in a single quarter; others stall against regulatory walls, technical ceilings, or organizational inertia that no amount of hype can dislodge. Knowing which is which is the hard part. The State of Play cuts through the noise with a rigorously maintained index of AI techniques across every major business domain — classified by maturity, evidenced by real-world adoption, and updated daily so you always know where you stand relative to the field. Stop guessing. Start knowing.

AI Maturity by Domain

Each dot marks the weighted maturity of practices within a domain — hover for a brief summary, click for more detail

Dot: weighted average · band: middle half of practices · line: full range

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