# Bain study finds companies miss AI savings targets because humans keep getting in the way

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/bain-study-finds-companies-miss-ai-savings-targets-because-humans-keep-getting-in-the-way/>
> Published: 2026-06-04 16:12:50+00:00

According to a Bain survey of 951 companies, almost 40 percent achieved less than 10 percent in AI cost savings, even though most had targeted 11 to 20 percent. One alleged reason is that only 7 percent actually run fully autonomous AI agents, even though their business cases assume exactly that.

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