DIGITAL & AI
MATURITY
REPORT
2026
Your Guide to Winning the
Digital and AI Transformation
1,575
assessments
33,870
participants
103,500
data points
44
sub-industries
The Digital & AI Maturity Report 2026 is the largest benchmark of its kind, offering a global reality check on how 1,575 organizations are navigating the convergence of digital transformation and AI acceleration. This report provides the evidence-based “north star” leaders need to replace assumptions with facts and act decisively in a rapidly changing landscape.
As this report shows, understanding where you stand now and where your competitors stand gives you an understanding of what your “north star” is. AI is changing digital transformation; you, as a leader in your organization, must change with it.
— Peter Sondergaard, Chairman, Digitopia
Figure 1: DAIMI Benchmark 2026 Visual , DMI + AIMI = DAIMI
The Gap’s Widening
In the last year, AI capability has jumped a generation, but enterprise maturity has moved only marginally.
Technology Leveled Up. Maturity Didn’t.
Since 2018, we have tracked how organizations progress on digital maturity and now, with DAIMI, how they evolve across Digital and AI together. The 2026 benchmark reveals an uncomfortable truth: technology is accelerating faster than organizations can absorb. While the market is saturated with AI hype, the benchmark cuts through the noise to show where organizations truly stand.
The DAIMI Framework
DAIMI is Digitopia’s benchmark framework designed to measure how effectively organizations build capability and value. Unlike traditional models, DAIMI recognizes that digital transformation is no longer sufficient without measurable AI capability.
The Leaders vs. The Laggards
The 2026 DAIMI benchmark reveals a clear divide between sectors converting AI capability into performance and those still building foundations. While the global average sits at DAIMI 2.93, the spread between the top and bottom performers highlights a widening competitive gap.
Figure 2: DAIMI Industry Benchmark – 17 Industries
Why Your Industry Score Matters
In a market where AI accelerates the advantage of well-run organizations, lagging maturity compounds into a structural disadvantage. Leading industries differentiate themselves through management behavior: they know their score, they own it, and they improve it.
The DAIMI Vitality Chart
The DAIMI Vitality Chart measures competitive fitness by plotting Digital Velocity against Digital Endurance. It identifies four key profiles—Iron Man, Marathon Runner, Sprinter, and Walker—to show how organizations perform under pressure. The central takeaway is that unbalanced vitality leads to failure; velocity without endurance is fragile, while endurance without velocity is stagnant. To succeed, leaders must build a balanced fitness profile that allows the organization to move fast while remaining stable.
The DAIMI Playbook: Turning Maturity Into Value
The path to digital and AI excellence is straightforward yet demanding, requiring leaders to replace assumptions with facts and execute with accountability. This playbook serves as the shortest path from activity to impact.
Assess Your Maturity
Define Your Strategy
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The Chasm is Opening. Will You Be on the Right Side of It?
The era of “AI experimentation” is over. In 2026, the gap between technology and organizational maturity has become a structural divide that can no longer be closed with incremental change. Activity is not progress, measurable value is.
Don’t just watch the frontier move, own it!
Act with Certainty.
Execute with Discipline.
Lead the Transformation.
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