# The Hype Index

> The Hype Index scores the technology and business claims that reach the boardroom. Every claim gets a verdict, a published methodology score, a dated call, and a permanent record that is revisited and marked right or wrong. Published Tuesday and Thursday.

Published by Boldly Reimagined. Boldly Reimagined helps leaders rethink what is possible at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and business strategy.
Two editions a week. Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00 PM Central.

## How scoring works
The Hype Index runs 0 to 100. Higher means more distance between what the evidence
supports and how the claim is used. It sums five components worth 20 points each.
- Source quality. Peer reviewed, preprint, self-published report, vendor material, or press release.
- Sample and method. Sample size, how subjects were selected, and whether the underlying data is available.
- Independence. Does the publisher sell the solution its own finding recommends.
- Replication. Has anyone independently reproduced it with a comparable method.
- Drift. How far the popular use of the claim sits from what the source actually says.

## Verdicts
- Underrated. The evidence is stronger than the attention it gets.
- Holds Up. The claim survives contact with its own source.
- Half True. Real finding, wrong scope. Correct in part, misapplied in practice.
- Overstated. Sound evidence, carried far past what it actually measured.
- Unsupported. No source that survives inspection.

## The record
- Edition 001 (July 26, 2026). Claim: "95% of enterprise AI pilots fail." Verdict: Overstated. Hype Index: 74/100. The research is real. The number is real. What people do with it is not. Source: The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, MIT Project NANDA, July 2025. Call logged July 26, 2026, resolves July 2027. https://thehypeindex.com/edition/001-95-percent-of-enterprise-ai-pilots-fail/

## Pages
- https://thehypeindex.com/ The record
- https://thehypeindex.com/record/ Every scored claim
- https://thehypeindex.com/method/ Scoring methodology
- https://thehypeindex.com/about/ Why this exists