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title: "Do AI Agents Actually Work? — The 2026 State of AI, Data & Trust"
description: "An honest benchmark of AI in production: shadow AI nobody approved, how AI really reaches your data, whether your foundations are AI-ready, and whether your agents run or just demo. ~4 min, anonymous; take it and get the aggregated report comparing you to peers."
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2026 industry report

# Do AI Agents Actually Work? The 2026 State of AI, Data & Trust

Almost every team has "adopted AI." Far fewer can honestly say it's governed, grounded in their real data, and actually working in production rather than just demoing well.

This survey captures that operational reality — the part nobody puts in a launch post: the shadow AI no one approved, how AI really reaches your data, whether your foundations are AI-ready, and whether your agents run on their own or need constant babysitting.

Take it and you'll get the finished report back: an honest benchmark of how your answers compare to peers by stage, size, and industry — the reference we all wish existed.

Anonymous if you skip the report· ~4 minutes· Every sensitive question optional· Email only to get the report

Start the survey

Short on time? [Let your AI fill it in](https://rig.so/survey/agent) — Claude, ChatGPT, or Codex drafts answers from what it knows about your org, then you review and tweak before anything is submitted.

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- [This page as HTML](https://rig.so/survey)
- [Site map for language models](https://rig.so/llms.txt)
- [API and agent documentation](https://rig.so/developers)