Flexera 2026 AI Pulse Report: What leaders need to know about AI’s accelerating impact

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding across enterprises faster than most teams can govern or measure. Adoption is nearly universal, spending is rising sharply and new risks are emerging in cloud, SaaS and data environments. Yet the organizations creating real value from AI aren’t the ones simply experimenting or scaling quickly—they’re the ones establishing clarity, strengthening governance and treating AI as an operational discipline.