Midmarket AI gap: Small IT teams are being asked to do enterprise-sized jobs

AI has created a paradox that comes up in almost every conversation I have with midmarket IT leaders.

The short version

• Smaller companies arguably have more to gain from AI than any other group.
• A 400-person firm can’t hire its way to the scale of a Fortune 500 competitor, but it can use AI to extend the reach of every employee it already has.
• A three-person finance team can close the books faster, a small sales team can cover more territory, and a lean service desk can resolve tickets that used to sit in a queue.

What happened

The companies that benefit most from AI are the least equipped to govern it. AI adoption is moving at an enterprise pace, while IT capacity remains aligned with a midmarket budget.

Why it matters

That mismatch is the midmarket AI gap, and it’s widening.

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