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Infinite Ideas AI Maturity Index · 2026-Q3 · Dashboard

AI Maturity Index

How effectively organizations turn AI capabilities — people, processes, platforms, data, and leadership — into business results, scored 0-100 across 45 industries, functions, regions, and business sizes.

Baseline edition · no prior quarter yet
People31
Experimenting
Processes29
ExperimentingConstraint
Platforms38
ExperimentingStrongest
Data30
Experimenting
Leadership32
Experimenting
For leaders · How to read this

Three ways to put the index to work

The index is an external, defensible baseline for where AI actually creates value today — use it to orient your own AI strategy, not just to observe the market.

01
Benchmark your position

Compare your industry, function, region, or size against the global reading to see whether you are ahead of or behind the field — and by how much.

02
Find your binding constraint

The five pillars and 28 signals expose which capabilities hold maturity back. Start where the gap is widest, not where the noise is loudest.

03
Build the investment case

Use the scores and phase bands as a citable, third-party baseline to justify where AI spend and attention should go next quarter.

Inside the five pillars

Every pillar, broken into its signals

Each pillar score is a holistic read across its scored sub-signals. Platforms leads at 38; Processes is the binding constraint at 29.

People31
  • Roles and org design38
    Experimenting
  • AI champions32
    Experimenting
  • AI literacy30
    Experimenting
  • Change readiness and mindset29
    Experimenting
  • Skills and training28
    Experimenting
Processes29
Binding constraint
  • Automation maturity32
    Experimenting
  • Process measurement30
    Experimenting
  • Workflow documentation and standardization28
    Experimenting
  • Handoffs and integration points27
    Experimenting
  • Process adaptability25
    Experimenting
Platforms38
Strongest pillar
  • Current tool landscape42
    Operationalized
  • Infrastructure readiness41
    Operationalized
  • AI/ML-specific tooling40
    Operationalized
  • Vendor strategy38
    Experimenting
  • Integration and interoperability35
    Experimenting
  • Tool adoption and utilization34
    Experimenting
Data30
  • Analytics maturity35
    Experimenting
  • Data strategy33
    Experimenting
  • Data accessibility30
    Experimenting
  • Data quality28
    Experimenting
  • Data governance27
    Experimenting
  • Feedback loops25
    Experimenting
Leadership32
  • Executive vision40
    Operationalized
  • Investment approach38
    Experimenting
  • Change management32
    Experimenting
  • Risk tolerance and experimentation30
    Experimenting
  • Measurement and accountability27
    Experimenting
  • AI governance24
    Experimenting
The capability leaderboard

28 signals, ranked

The granular truth beneath the five pillars: every scored sub-signal for the global reading, strongest to weakest. This is the specific capability picture the pillar averages hide.

  1. 01
    Current tool landscape
    Platforms
    42
  2. 02
    Infrastructure readiness
    Platforms
    41
  3. 03
    AI/ML-specific tooling
    Platforms
    40
  4. 04
    Executive vision
    Leadership
    40
  5. 05
    Investment approach
    Leadership
    38
  6. 06
    Roles and org design
    People
    38
  7. 07
    Vendor strategy
    Platforms
    38
  8. 08
    Analytics maturity
    Data
    35
  9. 09
    Integration and interoperability
    Platforms
    35
  10. 10
    Tool adoption and utilization
    Platforms
    34
  11. 11
    Data strategy
    Data
    33
  12. 12
    AI champions
    People
    32
  13. 13
    Automation maturity
    Processes
    32
  14. 14
    Change management
    Leadership
    32
  1. 15
    AI literacy
    People
    30
  2. 16
    Data accessibility
    Data
    30
  3. 17
    Process measurement
    Processes
    30
  4. 18
    Risk tolerance and experimentation
    Leadership
    30
  5. 19
    Change readiness and mindset
    People
    29
  6. 20
    Data quality
    Data
    28
  7. 21
    Skills and training
    People
    28
  8. 22
    Workflow documentation and standardization
    Processes
    28
  9. 23
    Data governance
    Data
    27
  10. 24
    Handoffs and integration points
    Processes
    27
  11. 25
    Measurement and accountability
    Leadership
    27
  12. 26
    Feedback loops
    Data
    25
  13. 27
    Process adaptability
    Processes
    25
  14. 28
    AI governance
    Leadership
    24
Explore every scope

Rankings and pillar breakdowns

Switch dimensions to see the full ranked ladder and a pillar-by-pillar heatmap. Sort the matrix by any pillar, and click any cell to drill into that scope's individual signals.

Ranked by composite23 industrys
01
Technology and Software
Leads People · Lags Data
51
02
Data Analytics and Research
Leads Platforms · Lags Leadership
48
03
Banking and Financial Services
Leads Processes · Lags People
46
04
Telecommunications
Leads Platforms · Lags Data
46
05
Professional Services and Consulting
Leads People · Lags Processes
40
06
Insurance
Leads Processes · Lags People
39
07
Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
Leads Data · Lags Processes
39
08
Automotive and Mobility
Leads Platforms · Lags People
38
09
Media and Entertainment
Leads Data · Lags Leadership
37
10
Retail and E-Commerce
Leads Processes · Lags People
37
11
Aerospace and Defense
Leads Platforms · Lags People
36
12
Healthcare Providers and Systems
Leads Data · Lags People
33
13
Transportation and Logistics
Leads Processes · Lags People
32
14
Manufacturing and Industrial Operations
Leads Processes · Lags People
31
15
General Business and Diversified
Leads People · Lags Data
29
16
Energy and Utilities
Leads Processes · Lags People
28
17
Hospitality and Travel
Leads Processes · Lags People
25
18
Education and EdTech
Leads People · Lags Processes
23
19
Real Estate and Construction
Leads Processes · Lags People
22
20
Government and Public Sector
Leads Leadership · Lags People
20
21
Agriculture and Food
Leads Processes · Lags People
18
22
Mining and Natural Resources
Leads Processes · Lags People
18
23
Nonprofit and Social Impact
Leads Data · Lags People
16
Pillar breakdownClick a cell for the read
Idx
Technology and Software51
Data Analytics and Research48
Banking and Financial Services46
Telecommunications46
Professional Services and Consulting40
Insurance39
Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences39
Automotive and Mobility38
Media and Entertainment37
Retail and E-Commerce37
Aerospace and Defense36
Healthcare Providers and Systems33
Transportation and Logistics32
Manufacturing and Industrial Operations31
General Business and Diversified29
Energy and Utilities28
Hospitality and Travel25
Education and EdTech23
Real Estate and Construction22
Government and Public Sector20
Agriculture and Food18
Mining and Natural Resources18
Nonprofit and Social Impact16
Signal spread

Which capabilities are universal, and which split the field

For every signal, the range across all scored scopes: the bar runs from the lowest to the highest reading, the tick marks the median, the diamond marks the global baseline. A wide bar means the capability separates leaders from laggards.

PeopleTalent & culture
AI literacyleader Technology and Software (55)
min 17med 35max 55
Skills and trainingleader Technology and Software (54)
min 15med 33max 54
Roles and org designleader Technology and Software (53)
min 13med 30max 53
Change readiness and mindsetleader Technology and Software (52)
min 16med 33max 52
AI championsleader Technology and Software (54)
min 14med 31max 54
ProcessesGovernance & workflow
Workflow documentation and standardizationleader Technology and Software (50)
min 16med 35max 50
Automation maturityleader Technology and Software (53)
min 15med 35max 53
Handoffs and integration pointsleader Technology and Software (49)
min 14med 32max 49
Process measurementleader Technology and Software (50)
min 14med 35max 50
Process adaptabilityleader Technology and Software (48)
min 13med 28max 48
PlatformsTools & infrastructure
Current tool landscapeleader Technology and Software (55)
min 18med 38max 55
AI/ML-specific toolingleader Technology and Software (54)
min 12med 35max 54
Integration and interoperabilityleader Technology and Software (52)
min 15med 33max 52
Infrastructure readinessleader Technology and Software (55)
min 17med 36max 55
Vendor strategyleader Technology and Software (53)
min 16med 34max 53
Tool adoption and utilizationleader Technology and Software (52)
min 14med 33max 52
DataQuality & pipelines
Data qualityleader Data Analytics and Research (50)
min 18med 32max 50
Data accessibilityleader Technology and Software (50)
min 16med 30max 50
Data governanceleader Banking and Financial Services (48)
min 12med 31max 48
Analytics maturityleader Data Analytics and Research (54)
min 16med 34max 54
Data strategyleader Technology and Software (49)
min 12med 31max 49
Feedback loopsleader Technology and Software (47)
min 10med 27max 47
LeadershipSponsorship & strategy
Executive visionleader Technology and Software (54)
min 19med 38max 54
AI governanceleader Technology and Software (44)
min 10med 30max 44
Investment approachleader Technology and Software (55)
min 15med 34max 55
Change managementleader Technology and Software (50)
min 15med 32max 50
Measurement and accountabilityleader Technology and Software (48)
min 14med 30max 48
Risk tolerance and experimentationleader Technology and Software (52)
min 15med 32max 52
range (min–max) median global baseline
Distribution

How the world clusters

Where the 45 scored scopes fall across the five maturity phases.

4
Ad hoc
019
33
Experimenting
2039
8
Operationalized
4059
0
Scaled
6079
0
Transformative
80100