Did you know 75% of enterprise AI data will be created in industrial environments? Cisco's 2026 State of Industrial AI Report, surveying 350+ manufacturing professionals across 19 countries, explores how firms adopt AI, secure networks and scale operations.
More than 350 manufacturing decision makers participated in the 2026 State of Industrial AI Report. This sector report provides a manufacturing-specific view of the 2026 State of Industrial AI research, highlighting where the sector is seeing progress, where constraints remain and what foundations are required to move from targeted deployments to secure, repeatable scale. Cisco spoke to decision-makers at firms in 19 countries, operating with annual revenues over $100 million.
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