Companies Are Not Ready for AI, Save for 6 Percent of Them

Companies are not ready for AI, save for 6 percent of them

Only 6% of companies have AI-ready infrastructure. 71% of teams spend more than 25% of their time on integrations.

Report: Only 6% of leaders believe their data infrastructure can successfully support AI

Despite companies wanting to implement AI and reap the benefits of it, a majority don’t have the underlying foundations in place to make it work well. According to CData’s latest report, The State of AI Data Connectivity: 2026 Outlook, there is a clear link between data infrastructure maturity and AI maturity. The report found that 60% of the companies who have achieved AI maturity had invested in advanced data infrastructure, such as centralize…

Study: 6% of AI Managers Say Their Data Infrastructure Is AI Ready

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Dec. 3, 2025 – Only 6 percen t of enterprise AI leaders say their data infrastructure is fully ready for AI: a readiness gap that has become one of the biggest constraints on AI progress. That’s a central finding of CData Software’s new report, The State of AI Data Connectivity: 2026 Outlook, which draws […] The post Study: 6% of AI Managers Say Their Data Infrastructure Is AI Ready appeared first on Inside HPC & AI News | Hi…

Just six percent of enterprises believe their data infrastructure is AI ready

Only six percent of enterprise AI leaders say their data infrastructure is fully ready for AI according to a new report from CData Software. The research exposes a divide in AI preparedness. 60 percent of companies at the highest level of AI maturity have also invested in advanced data infrastructure, while 53 percent of organizations struggling with AI implementations are hampered by immature data systems. The gap is costing companies time, mon…