New Delhi, May 25 -- As artificial intelligence becomes widely adopted across industries, companies can no longer rely on standard AI models alone to stay ahead, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company.

The report said nearly 90 per cent of organizations are already using large language models to improve productivity, making AI a basic business requirement rather than a unique advantage.

According to McKinsey, the real competitive edge will come from how companies build systems, workflows, and infrastructure around AI that rivals cannot easily replicate.

"The strategic moat comes from turning cognitive work into infrastructure--data pipelines, fine-tuned models, integrated workflows, governance layers--that can scale at very lo...