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Testing Foundations for AI – Most Data Still Isn’t Ready
Jul 4, 2025
AI ambitions are high, but poor data foundations are stalling progress as most Australian firms struggle to move past pilots and realise real business value.
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AI ambitions are rising, but poor data foundations are stalling progress. Most Australian organisations lack the maturity, integration, and quality needed to move beyond pilot use cases and unlock real business value from AI.
Core Insights:
- Data is not AI-ready: 76% of CDAOs say their data can’t support AI use cases by 2025, citing major gaps in quality, governance, and architecture.
- Confidence is declining: More CDAOs report low confidence in executing data strategies, signalling growing concern over foundational readiness.
- Integration is a major blocker: Immature platforms and fragmented data systems are preventing AI initiatives from scaling across the business.