
AI & Automation7 min read
Only 23% of Indian firms use AI: what to automate first
The World Bank's October 2026 India Development Update found that only 23% of surveyed formal firms in India use artificial intelligence, even as private AI investment rose 242% to $4.1 billion. The gap between that money and that usage is not a technology shortage. It is an ordering problem, and ordering is something a small business can fix this quarter.


