Understanding organizational data maturity & AI in 2026

Moving from data-developing to data & AI-centric – 5 key trends and insights for CDOs

The majority of Chief Data Officers (CDOs) and data leaders are investing heavily in data strategy, governance and tools, but are not yet fully mature. That’s the headline finding of our 2026 Global Enterprise Data Maturity study, which classed nearly 60% of organizations as data-developing, but under 10% as fully data-centric.

The study aimed to measure the current data maturity of leading businesses, their plans for the future, and challenges holding them back.