Data study ·
Mining, logistics and agri-food face the biggest barriers to AI adoption in Peru
Original title, in Spanish: “Minería, logística y agroindustria concentran las mayores barreras para adoptar inteligencia artificial en Perú”
- Publication
- Infobae (Argentina)
- Author
- Esteban Salazar Herrada
- Published on
- 10 September 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
In Peru, adoption of artificial intelligence is moving faster in banking, insurance, retail, education and entertainment, while the mining, logistics, construction and agri-food industries are falling behind, according to José Antonio Murillo, co-founder of Primero. This lag stems from the complexity of operations, the weight of manual processes and the disconnection between internal systems: organisations manage 957 applications on average, but only 27% are interconnected, according to MuleSoft's Connectivity Benchmark Report 2026. According to the EY Chief Data Officer Study 2026, 85% of Peruvian organisations have increased their AI budget, and the local market grew from 412 to 497 million dollars between 2024 and 2025. Yet only 3% of companies consider themselves fully prepared for generative AI. Primero cites client cases where data integration identified more than 10 million dollars in erroneous deductions, or automated 85% of a manual process.
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85 %
Share of Peruvian organisations that have increased their AI budget
Peru, organisations surveyed, EY Chief Data Officer Study 2026
« el 85% de las organizaciones consultadas en Perú aumentó su presupuesto para inteligencia artificial. »
Source: EY Chief Data Officer Study 2026
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412 USD million
Size of the local AI market in Peru in 2024
Peru, 2024, Sonda Perú estimates
« el mercado local de IA pasó de USD 412 millones en 2024 a casi USD 497 millones en 2025. »
Source: Sonda Perú
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497 USD million
Size of the local AI market in Peru in 2025
Peru, 2025, Sonda Perú estimates
« el mercado local de IA pasó de USD 412 millones en 2024 a casi USD 497 millones en 2025. »
Source: Sonda Perú
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20 %
Projected annual growth of the AI market in Peru to 2027
Peru, projection to 2027
« La proyección apunta a un crecimiento cercano al 20% anual hasta 2027. »
Source: Sonda Perú
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3 %
Share of Peruvian companies considering themselves fully prepared for generative AI
Peru, companies
« Apenas 3% de las empresas peruanas se considera plenamente preparada para adoptar inteligencia artificial generativa, de acuerdo con los datos mencionados por Murillo. »
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957 applications
Average number of applications managed per organisation and share interconnected
organisations, MuleSoft Connectivity Benchmark Report 2026
« las organizaciones administran en promedio 957 aplicaciones distintas, pero solo el 27% está conectado entre sí, según el Connectivity Benchmark Report 2026 de MuleSoft citado por Primero. »
Source: MuleSoft, Connectivity Benchmark Report 2026
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10 USD million
Incorrect retail deductions identified through data integration at a Primero client
a client in the consumer goods industry, Primero case
« esta integración permitió identificar más de USD 10 millones en deducciones de retail incorrectas que antes quedaban dispersas entre distintas plataformas. »
Source: Primero
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85 %
Share of a process automated through technology at a client in the manufacturing industry
a client in the manufacturing industry, Primero case
« la tecnología automatizó el 85% de un proceso que requería revisión manual concepto por concepto, mientras que el 15% restante continuó bajo revisión humana. »
Source: Primero
Classification
- Country
- Peru
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- Industry and manufacturing · Transport, logistics, supply chain · Agriculture and food production · Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments · Retail and distribution, e-commerce · Education and training · Media, communications, marketing · Construction, civil engineering, real estate
- Companies
- EY (study author), MuleSoft (study author), Sonda Perú (study author), Cámara de Comercio de Lima (study author), Primero (supplier)
- Keywords
- industry adoption, minería, logística, agroindustria, technological fragmentation, data integration
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Infobae and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.