Why does it matter?
Bad data would turn agent adoption into a drag, making data foundations a practical competitiveness issue.
Direct quote
Data is the lifeblood of the agent economy. IDC warns that by 2027, companies that fail to establish high-quality, AI-ready data foundations will suffer a 15% productivity loss as generative and agentic systems falter [FutureScape 2026; Category: Worldwide Agentic Artificial Intelligence; Prediction 1].
IDC