The gap is not adoption. It is integration.
The Integration Index scores a business on six dimensions of AI integration, eighteen points in total, and places it in one of four stages. Every figure on this page is computed live from the responses in the index.
1,519
Businesses measured
7
Average score out of 18
Updated monthly. Next update 1 October 2026. Most recent response 2 September 2026. 1,500 rows are the research baseline drawn from our published interview programme; the rest are live responses.
Four stages, measured not guessed.
Explorer 0 to 5 of 18
42.9%
A few people, a few tools, nothing joined up.
Implementer 6 to 10 of 18
32.5%
Real use in pockets, still person-driven.
Integrator 11 to 14 of 18
17.2%
Wired into systems, measured, governed.
Transformer 15 to 18 of 18
7.4%
Whole workflows run themselves, by design.
Share of 1,519 responses in the index.
Six dimensions, three points each.
- Breadth
How much of the team actually uses it, not just the enthusiast.
- Autonomy
How much of a job it finishes without a person in the middle.
- Integration
Whether it is wired into the systems the business runs on.
- Measurement
Whether anyone can say what it saved or earned.
- Governance
Whether there are rules people can name and follow.
- Access
Who is allowed to put it to work without asking permission.
Responses by sector.
- Professional services238
- Agency224
- Manufacturing & industrial181
- Technology & software170
- Retail & ecommerce143
- Financial services140
- Commercial property & development131
- Health & life sciences84
- Media & entertainment79
- Public sector & education70
- Other59
The two-minute assessment
Ten questions, answered by the operator. Scored on the same six dimensions and added to the index on submission.
Find your stage →A thirty-minute researcher interview
A researcher scores the same six dimensions from the call itself. When the write-up is signed off, that interview becomes one real row in the index. That is how the interview programme and the index stay the same measurement.
1 interviews published into the index so far.
Polly Barnfield OBE
CEO Maybe*
Researcher 02
Senior Researcher
Researcher 03
Sector Lead, Professional Services
Researcher 04
Sector Lead, Retail & Commerce
Interns
Intern 01
Research Intern, 2026
Intern 02
Research Intern, 2026
Intern 03
Research Intern, 2026
Intern 04
Research Intern, 2026
Intern 05
Research Intern, 2026