The Big AI Secret
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LIVE
Over 3,094
business leaders measured in total

1,500 founding interviews plus 1,594 measured on the Index

LIVE
41%
are Explorers, experimenting with tools, with little measurement of impact

Integration Index, 1,594 businesses measured live since September 2026.

LIVE
5%
are Transformers, AI as a core business lever

Integration Index, 1,594 businesses measured live since September 2026.

LIVE
3,094
the citation count, the figure any quote of this research should carry

Median Integration Index: 33 out of 100.

Counts update as each assessment completes and this page re-reads them every thirty seconds, last at 05:21:53. The most recent business was measured on 17 September 2026.

Every stage
Explorer41% · 657 businesses
Implementer43% · 681 businesses
Integrator11% · 179 businesses
Transformer5% · 77 businesses

Integration Index, 1,594 businesses measured live since September 2026.

The index, business by business

Every business measured, most recent first, with the score it was given. The shares above are counted from these rows, so they are not an estimate. Names, companies and contact details never appear here.

SectorSizeIndexStage
MediaUnder 25 people17Explorer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people0Explorer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people0Explorer
Retail and e-commerce100+50Implementer
Professional servicesUnder 25 people44Implementer
OtherUnder 25 people6Explorer
Technology and software25 to 10011Explorer
Travel and hospitality100+72Implementer
Otherunspecified78Implementer
Otherunspecified61Integrator
EducationUnder 25 people39Implementer
Professional services25 to 10072Integrator
Otherunspecified78Implementer
EducationUnder 25 people78Integrator
MediaUnder 25 people61Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people72Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people44Implementer
Property and real estateUnder 25 people33Implementer
Property and real estateUnder 25 people28Explorer
Property and real estate100+33Implementer
Property and real estateUnder 25 people28Explorer
Property and real estate25 to 10050Implementer
Technology and software100+83Transformer
Property and real estate25 to 10039Implementer
Technology and software25 to 10022Explorer
Manufacturing and industrial100+39Implementer
Third sectorUnder 25 people11Explorer
Construction and infrastructure25 to 10028Explorer
Retail and e-commerceUnder 25 people39Implementer
Manufacturing and industrial25 to 1000Explorer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people0Explorer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people33Implementer
Logistics and transport100+28Explorer
Financial services25 to 10033Implementer
Property and real estate25 to 10094Transformer
Public sector100+61Implementer
Property and real estate25 to 10039Implementer
Agency and marketing100+33Implementer
Logistics and transportUnder 25 people39Implementer
MediaUnder 25 people39Implementer
Financial services100+22Explorer
Manufacturing and industrialUnder 25 people44Implementer
Healthcare100+44Implementer
Third sector25 to 10033Implementer
OtherUnder 25 people6Explorer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people56Implementer
Financial servicesUnder 25 people33Implementer
Recruitment25 to 10072Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people17Explorer
Property and real estateUnder 25 people0Explorer
Sector
The industry the business told us it works in.
Size
How many people work there, grouped into bands so no single business can be picked out: Under 25 people, 25 to 100, 100+.
Index
The Integration Index score out of 100, built from the six dimensions of the method.
Stage
The band that score falls into: Explorer, trying tools with little measurement of impact. Implementer, AI working in a few places. Integrator, AI built into how work runs. Transformer, AI as a core business lever.

Showing the 50 most recent of 1,594 measurements. The whole list is open as JSON at /api/public/index-measurements.

Cite today's figures
The Big AI Secret, founding cohort, Edition 1, 2025/26. Basis: over 1,500 in-depth interviews with business leaders, published as Edition 1, 2025/26, plus 1,594 businesses measured on the Integration Index since September 2026, counted separately. Accessed 17 September 2026.

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