As organizations accelerate their generative AI (GenAI) initiatives, Chief Data Officers (CDOs) play a central role in ensuring this transformation delivers reliable and sustainable outcomes. While many organizations have made significant progress in pilot projects, the transition from pilot to full production remains uneven and fragile.

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More than half of data leaders report that GenAI progress slows when foundational data issues surface.

The “CDO Insights 2026” report, sponsored by Deloitte and Informatica and prepared with the participation of 600 data leaders, highlights this breaking point. Employees are rapidly trusting artificial intelligence, but data quality and data governance are not moving fast enough to support this trust.

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What Will You Learn When You Download This Report?

- How prepared is your Artificial Intelligence strategy for the wave of Agentic AI, which has been adopted by 47%?

- What data security and governance risks does employee trust in GenAI outputs create in your organization?

- What critical steps should you take to overcome the data reliability issue, seen as the biggest obstacle by 57% of data leaders when moving AI projects from pilot to production?

-    If your data governance and visibility processes are lagging behind the pace of AI adoption, what modern tools do you need to close this gap?

-    With 86% of companies planning to increase their data management investments by 2026, where are they strategically allocating their budgets for data literacy and AI capabilities?

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