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R0042/2026-04-01/Q001/H1

Research R0042 — Private AI Motivations
Run 2026-04-01
Query Q001
Hypothesis H1

Statement

A well-documented, ranked consensus list of enterprise motivations for private AI deployment exists across major consultancies (McKinsey, Gartner, Deloitte, KPMG, Forrester), with consistent prioritization.

Status

Current: Eliminated

Supporting Evidence

Evidence Summary
SRC01-E01 Deloitte documents sovereign AI motivations, but not as a ranked priority list
SRC03-E01 KPMG tracks investment and challenges, but does not rank private deployment motivations

Contradicting Evidence

Evidence Summary
SRC02-E01 Allganize produces a structured comparison, but it is a vendor guide, not a survey
SRC05-E01 Menlo Ventures tracks buy-vs-build but does not rank private deployment reasons

Reasoning

No single consultancy survey was found that asks "why did you choose private AI?" as its primary research question and produces a universally cited ranked list. Each firm approaches the topic from a different angle (sovereign AI, risk management, scaling challenges, infrastructure predictions). The motivations are documented, but not in a single canonical ranking.

Relationship to Other Hypotheses

H1 represents the strongest form of the query's assumption — that a clean, ranked consensus exists. The evidence eliminates this in favor of H2 (overlapping but non-identical documentation).