Industry Report 2026

    AI Readiness Index

    Global insights on AI adoption, data readiness, and the path to agentic AI

    94%
    Plan data spend increase
    24.5
    Avg AI maturity score
    73%
    Cite data quality issues
    2%
    Highly AI-ready

    Executive Summary

    Artificial intelligence adoption is accelerating across industries, yet organizations face a significant readiness gap. AI readiness reflects how prepared an organization or sector is to deploy AI effectively—it combines investment, skills, governance, and technology maturity.

    Data readiness refers to the quality, accessibility, and governance of data needed to feed AI models, especially agentic AI systems that autonomously execute tasks. This report synthesizes recent research on AI readiness across industries and regions, proposing an index to highlight leaders and laggards.

    Generative AI Adoption Growth

    202320242026 (Proj)0%25%50%75%100%

    GenAI usage grew from 55% to 75% between 2023-2024, projected to reach 92% by 2026

    Security Readiness Distribution

    High Readiness: 2%Moderate Readiness: 77%Low Readiness: 21%

    Only 2% of organizations are highly ready to scale AI securely (F5 Index)

    96%
    Deploying AI Models
    of organizations
    30%
    Pilots to Production
    conversion rate
    40-60%
    AI Budget Leaders
    spend on data infra
    25%+
    Integration Time
    on data connectivity

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