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    AI Maturity by Sector

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    Finance
    71
    Energy
    48
    Retail
    34
    Industrials
    29

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    The AIDE Institute provides the definitive measurement framework for enterprise AI maturity. For executives, board members, and policymakers, making strategic decisions about AI requires objective data — not forecasts or speculation. We cut through the noise to deliver the factual backbone leaders need to shape the future of business.

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    We systematically track objective signals of AI adoption across companies, countries, and individuals. Our core research, the AIDE Index, provides the factual basis for understanding true transformation.

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    We convert raw data into clear benchmarks, like the AIDE50 rankings and awards, to celebrate excellence and identify the true pioneers of the AI-driven enterprise era.

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    We deliver decision-grade analysis to the boardroom and foster the next generation of AI leadership through world-class education, ensuring leaders are equipped to navigate the future.

    The AIDE Index

    The World's Most Comprehensive AI Maturity Dataset

    The AIDE Index is the world's largest AI maturity dataset, analyzing 518,779 source documents and 271.9M words to measure four pillars — Literacy, Advocacy, Orientation, and Implementation. It uses only objective, publicly observable data with no surveys or self-assessments, providing pure evidence-based measurement of enterprise AI adoption.

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    271.9M

    Words analyzed

    36,944

    AI patent families analyzed

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    The AIDE Rankings identify the S&P 500 companies and executives with the highest verified AI maturity scores. From the flagship #AIDE50 to sector-specific leaderboards and executive rankings, every position is determined by objective Index data — not opinion or self-reporting.

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    An Outside-In View of AI Maturity

    AIDE measures AI maturity using only publicly observable signals — OSINT data from LinkedIn profiles, earnings calls, job postings, patent filings, and corporate communications. This outside-in methodology eliminates survey bias and self-reporting, producing objective, comparable scores across every company we track.

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    Board & executive AI skills

    Advocacy

    Leadership messaging & sentiment

    Orientation

    Strategic hiring & partnerships

    Implementation

    Products, patents & deployment

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