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Summary
The conflicting AI ROI headlines are both correct — they are measuring two entirely different things. This episode breaks down why companies deploying agentic AI are averaging 171% ROI while others report zero return, and why Microsoft's 2026 product roadmap is about to make the second half of th
Key Takeaways
- Why the "no ROI" studies and the "171% ROI" studies are both right — they measured different things
- Where the returns in agentic AI are actually coming from: PepsiCo, Clinomic, and the HBR maturity model
- Microsoft's 2026 Release Wave 1 — Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, and multi-agent orchestration shipping April through September
- Why 90% of the Fortune 500 already being on Microsoft makes H2 2026 a potential inflection point for enterprise agents
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