Philippine enterprises bet on AI for growth, with 91% optimistic and 74% cloud-ready for IT infrastructure
A survey report entitled “The AI Business Application Readiness and Accessibility Survey” commissioned by Alibaba Cloud, a leading global provider of AI infrastructure and the intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, reveals near‑universal enthusiasm for AI among Asian enterprises. Among respondents, 90% describe their organization as optimistic about adopting AI.
Philippine enterprises are among the region’s AI optimists: 91% hold a positive attitude toward AI adoption, including 57% who are “very positive,” actively exploring or implementing AI. This ambition rests on a solid cloud foundation, with 74% having migrated all or most of their IT infrastructure to the cloud. Reflecting a growth-first mentality, local businesses treat AI as a growth engine rather than a cost-cutting tool: driving innovation and new business opportunities (68%) leads their strategic objectives — ahead of cost savings and efficiency (54%), customer experience improvement (51%), competitive advantage (50%) and revenue growth potential (39%). Data privacy and security is the top local barrier to broader adoption (51%), ahead of high implementation costs (41%).
