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From Pilots to Profit: NTT DATA's 2026 Global AI Report Shows How Top Performers Turn AI Vision Into Value

Only 15% of surveyed organizations are AI leaders who achieve higher revenue growth and profit margins through strategic AI deployment, NTT DATA's report finds.

  • Today, NTT DATA released the 2026 Global AI Report, a playbook based on a survey of 2,567 senior executives across 35 countries and 15 industries.
  • According to NTT DATA's analysis, the playbook reveals how AI leaders separate from competitors through strategy and execution, with NTT DATA executives noting AI accountability belongs in the boardroom.
  • Focusing execution, top performers pick one or two high-value domains and redesign them end to end with AI while investing in scalable, secure stacks to remove infrastructure bottlenecks.
  • The research finds Strategy Leaders treat AI as a core growth engine, reporting higher revenue and profit margins while creating a flywheel effect for reinvestment.
  • To scale, organizations centralize governance with Chief AI Officers, adopt expert‑first AI, lean on strategic external partners, and run company‑wide change programs to hardwire adoption.
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From Pilots to Profit: NTT DATA's 2026 Global AI Report Shows How Top Performers Turn AI Vision Into Value - Business Wire

Study reveals how the top 15% of companies are 2.5x more likely to post >10% revenue growth and over 3x more likely to achieve ≥15% profit margins from AI deployments (ANSA)

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15 percent of the companies surveyed are leaders in AI and thus achieve sales growth of more than 10 percent 2.5 times more often and with more than three times more probability profit margins of at least 15 percent The contribution From pilot project to profit: The Global AI Report 2026 from NTT DATA shows how top performers turn AI vision into value first appeared on IT-I-Ko.

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