Deploying Blind: AI Agent Adoption Has Outpaced Its Evidence

Ninety-three percent of technology leaders believe AI will eventually run their businesses autonomously. Seven percent have made it work. That gap — between belief and proof, between deployment and measurement — is the real story of the current AI cycle. A vendor-commissioned survey conducted by Wakefield Research for Teradata polled 1,000 VP-level leaders across six markets in early 2026. The findings are stark: while 93% believe AI will run core business functions autonomously, only 7% have reached the operationalizing stage. The ambition to deploy is outpacing the ability to verify results.

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