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)
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.
Top performers turn AI into revenue, profit growth
Companies that are able to strategically use artificial intelligence (AI) are far more likely to post more than 10% revenue growth, with more than 15% profit margins from their AI deployments. This is among the findings from NTT Data’s newly-released 2026 Global AI Report: A playbook for AI leaders that reveals how “AI leaders” are separating from competitors through strategy and execution. The analysis is based on a survey of 2 567 senior execu…
NTT DATA’s 2026 Global AI Report outlines how leading enterprises convert AI pilots into measurable gains - CRN
NTT DATA has released its 2026 Global AI Report: A playbook for AI leaders, presenting new benchmark research on how a small group of “AI leaders” are translating artificial intelligence […] The post NTT DATA’s 2026 Global AI Report outlines how leading enterprises convert AI pilots into measurable gains appeared first on CRN
NTT DATA’s 2026 Global AI Report
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