Meet the modern data team

That's clear in our survey of 201 enterprise Data, AI, and Analytics Leaders, where 86% say AI has fundamentally changed their team's core responsibilities. With that change comes growing uncertainty about evolving technology stacks, role replacement, and which AI solutions are actually delivering measurable value.

Based on the survey and first-hand accounts from enterprise leaders at Cisco, Arm, and Property Finder, here’s what we know: The race for enterprise AI adoption is moving as fast as the technology itself. However, the data infrastructure underneath — the shared understanding, clear ownership, and institutional knowledge every answer depends on — isn’t keeping pace.