Nearly every online business now touches artificial intelligence at some point. Research from 2025 shows 78% of companies worldwide use AI for at least one business area. Smaller businesses report higher usage, with 89% saying they use AI each day. Over 280 million businesses worldwide now run at least one AI tool, and many use them for three different functions on average. In the United States, private investment in artificial intelligence reached $109.1 billion for 2025.