# The Widening AI Value Gap

**Source:** BCG · **Published:** Sep 1, 2025 · **Format:** Survey data · **Category:** Market data
**Measures:** Adoption, Outcome

The actual source of the "5% future-built / 35% scaling / 60% minimal value" segmentation that gets cited around this category — often misattributed to BCG's later AI Radar report. 1,250 companies assessed against a 41-capability maturity framework, and most are stuck in the bottom tier.

> Only 5% of companies are "future-built" on AI; 60% capture minimal value. — BCG, The Widening AI Value Gap, Sept 2025

**Useful for:** Grounding a deck, Pitching press

Source: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/are-you-generating-value-from-ai-the-widening-gap