Nearly half of Indian firms live on AI, but budgets remain tight: EY-CII report

Indian enterprises are demonstrating strong confidence by embedding AI into core business workflows to deliver measurable results, the report said

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NEW DELHI: Nearly half of Indian enterprises have moved beyond AI pilots to active deployment, with 47 per cent reporting multiple Generative Al use cases now live in production, according to a joint EY-CII report.

However, despite strong belief in AI’s promise, investment levels remain conservative, with more than 95 per cent of firms maintaining AI and ML budgets below 20 per cent of overall IT spending.

“nearly half of Indian enterprises (47 per cent) now have multiple Generative AI (GenAI) use cases live, while 23 per cent are in pilot stage - marking a decisive shift from pilots to performance. Indian enterprises are demonstrating strong confidence by embedding AI into core business workflows to deliver measurable results. Notably, 76 per cent of business leaders believe that GenAI will have a significant business impact, and 63 per cent feel ready to leverage it effectively,’ the report noted.