How frontier enterprises are building an AI advantage

Frontier enterprises (those using AI most extensively) now use 3.5x more AI intelligence per worker than typical firms, with the gap driven by deeper, more complex usage rather than just more messages. The key difference is that leading firms use agentic workflows (AI systems that can complete multi-step tasks with minimal human intervention), with frontier companies sending 16x more messages to coding tools like Codex per worker, moving from simple question-answering to delegating substantial work to AI agents.