Almost everyone started using AI, what about you?

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Saw a stat this week that reframed something for me, sharing it here.

Pax8 published a study this month on small business AI adoption: 61% of small businesses actively use AI and another 29% are experimenting. The number that stopped me was the last group. Only 1.5% now say they are interested but have not started. A quarter ago that group was 9%.

My read: the edge is quietly moving. A year ago, using AI at all was a differentiator. Now the differentiator is picking the right things to automate. The businesses getting real hours back are not doing anything glamorous. They automate email sorting, lead follow-up, support replies. Boring, frequent, simple tasks.

The part I find encouraging: this is not a compute race or a budget race. The study itself points at skills as the main gap, not tools.

Curious where this room stands. Are you actively using AI in your business, experimenting, or holding off on purpose?

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Almost everyone started using AI, what about you?