Businesses are preparing to sharply increase their investment in artificial intelligence next year, even as concerns around data privacy, regulatory compliance and security risks continue to weigh heavily on IT leaders.
New research from enterprise content management platform Storyblok shows that nine in ten companies plan to raise their AI budgets in 2026, with more than half expecting a “significant” uplift. Only 2% anticipate cutting their AI spending.
The survey of 200 senior IT and procurement professionals, all responsible for AI deployment within large organisations, suggests that despite market jitters about an AI bubble, corporate appetite for automation and generative tools remains strong.
According to the report, 39% of respondents say AI is now “fully integrated” across their organisation, while a further 39% describe their readiness as “mature”. Just 7% consider themselves still at the “piloting’’ stage, signalling a rapid shift toward enterprise-wide AI implementation.
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