Trinity College Dublin and Microsoft Ireland Research Shows a Widening AI Maturity Gap Between SMEs and Large Organisations

New research from Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with Microsoft Ireland finds a widening AI maturity gap among Ireland’s small and medium-sized enterprises that, if left unaddressed, risks constraining national productivity and growth. The AI Economy Ireland 2026 report – the third in an annual series tracking how AI adoption and organisational readiness are shaping economic capacity nationwide – finds that AI adoption is now near-universal with 92%...