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The Spurs cleared the AI productivity dip in six months
This article examines why 94% of enterprise AI rollouts stall before producing measurable earnings impact. It highlights the gap between advanced users piloting tools like Claude and ChatGPT and the inability to point to concrete P&L results. The piece uses the Spurs' six-month turnaround of the AI productivity dip as a case study.
Published April 23, 2026 by Kamil Banc
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94% of enterprise AI rollouts stall before showing any earnings impact on the P&L
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94% Stall Before Impact
94% of enterprise AI rollouts stall before showing any measurable earnings impact on the P&L
Claim 2 · Source summary
Speed Without Earnings
Advanced users ship work in half the time while pilots fail to reach the P&L
Claim 3 · Source summary
The CFO Question
The CFO's simple question about earnings impact exposes the gap between AI activity and business value
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Spurs Cleared the Dip
The Spurs cleared the AI productivity dip within six months, offering a model for enterprise success
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No P&L Attribution
Most organizations cannot point to a line on the P&L and attribute it to AI
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"You are not imagining the gap. You are sitting inside it."
Key statistics
94%
Share of enterprise AI rollouts that stall before producing any measurable earnings impact
Six months
Timeframe in which the Spurs cleared the AI productivity dip, per the article's headline framing
Half the time
Reported shipping speed improvement for the best AI-enabled analysts using tools like Claude and ChatGPT
Supporting context
The article frames enterprise AI adoption through the lens of financial accountability, arguing that visible user activity and vendor contracts do not equate to earnings impact. Its central diagnostic device is the CFO's quarterly question about where AI shows up on the P&L, which most organizations cannot answer. The Spurs are presented as a counterexample, having moved through the productivity dip in six months where most rollouts stall. For practitioners, the takeaway is to design pilots with explicit financial measurement from the start rather than treating adoption metrics as evidence of value. Readers should note the article is a paid Substack post and the headline statistics are asserted without cited primary sources in the visible excerpt.
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