The Fluency Question

Where Is Virginia Tracking?

A living dashboard tracking which AI future is materializing for Virginia's small and mid-size businesses. Updated quarterly from six data sources. Next update: June 2026.

Current Assessment: March 2026

Virginia is tracking between “Software Does It For You” and “Pockets of Excellence.” Broad shallow adoption is measurably happening. Metro pockets of deeper engagement are forming. The distributed fluency scenario remains aspirational.

30%BUILD IT YOURSELFDeep & Distributed
70%SOFTWARE DOES IT FOR YOUShallow & Distributed
50%POCKETS OF EXCELLENCEDeep & Concentrated
20%THE WIDENING GAPShallow & Concentrated

The Data

Four metrics that matter. Each tells a different part of the story.

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Data sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), U.S. Census Bureau (BTOS), Anthropic Economic Index (Hugging Face), Eloundou et al. (2023), BuildFirst field observations, industry reporting.

Virginia AI Futures is a BuildFirst research project