The AI Data Readiness Playbook

Every enterprise has an AI roadmap now. Very few have asked whether their data can actually carry it.

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60%

of senior data and IT leaders say fragmented data is the gap they hit most when evaluating AI

GRAX survey of 30 senior data and IT leaders, North America and Europe, 2026

79%

of IT professionals believed their SaaS apps back up data by default

2024 State of SaaS Data and Recovery survey

22%

of organizations have scaled AI across multiple business units

Gartner

The White Paper

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AI initiatives stall on data more often than on models. This playbook explains why, and gives you a way to test your own Salesforce data in an afternoon.

What’s inside

  • Why a backup that restores perfectly can still be unusable for AI
  • Original GRAX research from 30 senior data and IT leaders across North America and Europe
  • The four pillars of AI-ready data: ownership, preservation, structure, and access
  • A one-page scorecard to rate one Salesforce object against all four pillars

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The AI data readiness foundation

AI-ready data rests on four pillars.

Ownership

Who controls it? Data lives on infrastructure your organization controls.

Preservation

Did the history survive? Field-level change history stays intact.

Structure

Can anything else read it? Data sits in open, analytics-ready formats.

Access

How fast can it be reached? The tools that need the data reach it without a ticket.

The Webinar

The Great AI Rearchitecture

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 | 11:00 am EST

84% of data leaders say their data strategy needs an overhaul. We’ll talk through why, and what to check first.

AI pilots keep stalling, and the model usually takes the blame. The data behind them is the more common culprit. Join GRAX and Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC US, for a candid conversation on why AI initiatives stall, and what to check before the next one gets funded.

Speakers

  • Kristin Stanton Kristin Stanton Customer Experience, GRAX
  • Joe Gaska Joe Gaska Co-Founder and CPO, GRAX
  • Kevin Petrie Kevin Petrie VP of Research at BARC US

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