CIOs want more AI builders. What's missing?
685 enterprise CIOs named what blocks AI agent approval: tools, governance expertise, and ownership. Here’s how to move past them, from a Dataiku/Harris Poll survey.
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Why CIOs are pushing for more AI builders
New research reveals a growing appetite for business-built AI, alongside a major gap in the tools needed to support it.
91% of CIOs say the most effective AI strategy lets business teams build within a governed environment- Only 25% are confident that business teams can build AI safely with current tools
From analytics dashboards to AI decisions
Enterprise analytics is evolving into AI-driven decision-making, opening up new opportunities to put your data, models, and expertise to work.
- Explore how modern platforms connect analytics, AI agents, and business workflows
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A faster path beyond shadow AI
When approved tools slow you down, workarounds can get the job done while making your AI harder to share, maintain, and trust.
- Understand why slow approvals and limited access drive analysts toward shadow AI
- Discover how governed workflows help you build agents that are visible, reusable, and easier to approve
Build AI agents yourself. Ship them approved.
Turn your business objectives into working AI agents
Use plain language, visual workflows, or code to create analytics, models, and agents on enterprise data. Test and refine your work in one governed environment, with enterprise controls in place and tools matched to your skills.
Get to approval without the back-and-forth
Track ownership, preserve lineage, and manage sign-offs as your project develops. Technical and governance teams can inspect your workflows and validate how data, models, and agents connect before approving deployment.
Iterate without waiting on central IT
When the business changes, your agents can keep up. Make routine updates yourself within IT-approved guardrails, so small fixes don’t sit in line behind bigger projects.
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