Enterprises must rebuild data and operating models to make autonomous AI scale

Enterprise AI investment is set to reach $2.5 trillion in 2026, up 44% from the previous year, yet most enterprises are not yet growing revenue through AI. The report argues that the shift from AI as a tool to an agentic operating model requires rebuilding data infrastructure for accessibility, adopting composable architectures, and resolving AI sovereignty over where models run and data lives.

It also finds that companies generating sustained returns redesign processes before selecting models.