2026 CDO RESEARCH REPORT

Meet the modern data team

Nearly everyone is using AI analytics. Almost nobody trusts the answers. Find out why — and see what it takes to outpace the trend.

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AI is transforming data teams

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.

But despite high AI use in data and analytics, business impact is still shallow and an overwhelming lack of trust is stunting scale. In fact, less than 20% of surveyed leaders are fully confident in their AI-generated answers, and only 7% have scaled to enterprise-wide adoption.

By analyzing the data and reading stories from leaders at Cisco, Arm, and Property Finder, you’ll learn what it takes to beat the trend and turn AI transformation into real business impact.

"If your set of questions is ever-growing, how do you provide relevant context at scale? That's a very hard problem to solve."

Raj Kamra

Head of AI Strategy, Cisco Finance

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KEY FINDINGS

How AI is transforming the modern data team

75%

75%

of enterprises have roles dedicated to owning AI context

of enterprises have roles dedicated to owning AI context

of enterprises have roles dedicated to owning AI context

Who we surveyed

Over 200 AI, analytics, and data leaders — VP and C-suite

Over 200 AI, analytics, and data leaders — VP and C-suite

US enterprises with at least $1 billion in revenue

US enterprises with at least $1 billion in revenue

Primary industries: Healthcare, Finance, Retail & Technology

Primary industries: Healthcare, Finance, Retail & Technology