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AI Adoption by Category, Full Picture (August 2026 Cross-Section)
AI Adoption by Category, Full Picture (August 2026 Cross-Section)#
Enterprise AI dollars are still concentrated in the model layer: foundation models at 82% stand alone, while agent-style apps like AI support and AI sales are barely starting.Draft, pending review
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Paying companies as a share of the whole sample. Foundation models 81.7%; content creation, the top tool category, 30.4%; AI support 3.3%, AI sales 0.3%.
Source: Ramp AI Index (public data); FinSight compilation · Updated 2026-09-04
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