The AI ROI Gap: Wells Fargo's Q1 2026 Data Shows Law Firms Spending Big on AI Without Cost Savings — And the Unified-Platform Path That Closes It

Wells Fargo's Q1 2026 law firm survey delivered a quietly devastating finding: rates are up 11.4%, revenue is up 13.1%, but overhead is up 8.6% — driven mostly by AI spend that hasn't yet returned cost savings. Here's why the AI ROI gap is real, why point-tool sprawl is making it worse, and how unified-platform firms are closing it.