The Frontier Gap

😐 Laggard Firms

💬 "We're exploring AI use cases"
📋 AI is a separate initiative
🐢 Pilots and POCs for months
🚧 Waiting for perfect tooling
📊 Measuring adoption rates

🚀 Frontier Firms

⚡ AI is just how we work
🔄 Embedded everywhere by default
🏃 Ship and iterate daily
🛠️ Using what's available now
📈 Measuring outcomes and velocity

The gap compounds exponentially — every month matters