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Cribl on Why 96% Want Agentic AI But Only 23% Are Ready For it

Tech Talks Daily · 2026-06-08 · 22 min

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What happens when your AI ambitions collide with the reality of your infrastructure? Across boardrooms everywhere, agentic AI has quickly moved from experimental projects to strategic priority. The excitement is easy to understand. Business leaders see opportunities to automate workflows, improve decision-making, and increase productivity. Yet behind the headlines and product announcements sits a less visible challenge that many organizations are only beginning to understand. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Abby Strong, Chief Market Officer and Chief Customer Officer at Cribl, about the growing gap between AI ambition and operational readiness. Drawing on new research conducted with Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, Abby shares why so many organizations are struggling to move AI initiatives from pilot projects into production environments. The findings paint a fascinating picture. While almost every business leader surveyed views agentic AI as strategically important, only a small percentage believe they currently have both the strategy and infrastructure required to support it. At the heart of the challenge is data.

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