--- title: Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data | daily.dev description: A sponsored survey report of 300 data and technology executives, produced in partnership with Google Cloud, examines how legacy enterprise data systems limit... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data-xahaxaps9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data | daily.dev og:description: A sponsored survey report of 300 data and technology executives, produced in partnership with Google Cloud, examines how legacy enterprise data systems limit... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data-xahaxaps9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XAhaxAPs9.png og:image:alt: Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A sponsored survey report of 300 data and technology executives, produced in partnership with Google Cloud, examines how legacy enterprise data systems limit the effectiveness of AI agents. It finds that on average AI agents only access 45% of company data, dropping to 30% or less among 'data laggards', while a group of 'data leaders' grants access to over 70% of data and reports 100% trust in agent decisions versus roughly half for others. Data leaders also report far fewer scaling and speed constraints (8% vs. 66-68% for laggards). Within two years all surveyed organizations plan to use agentic AI, with improving data access and governance context cited as top priorities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of company data do AI agents typically have access to in enterprises? On average, AI agents have access to only 45% of company data across surveyed organizations, according to a survey of 300 data and technology executives. Organizations classified as data laggards provide access to 30% or less, while a smaller group of data leaders grants access to over 70% of enterprise data, correlating with greater agent success. _Enterprise teams weighing AI agent investments can follow data infrastructure trends on daily.dev._ ### Why don't enterprises trust their AI agents' decisions? Trust in AI agent decisions correlates directly with data readiness and access. Only around half of surveyed organizations trust their agents' decisions to be accurate and relevant, while 100% of organizations classified as data leaders, those granting agents access to over 70% of enterprise data, report full trust in their agents' outputs. _Teams building trust into autonomous systems can track data reliability practices on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [From Generative to Agentic AI](https://daily.dev/posts/from-generative-to-agentic-ai-c6epn8ux1) · databricks · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bridging the operational AI gap](https://daily.dev/posts/bridging-the-operational-ai-gap-knfesinoz) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [8 lessons from tech leadership on scaling teams and AI](https://daily.dev/posts/8-lessons-from-tech-leadership-on-scaling-teams-and-ai-dl9u8nkjk) · Stack Overflow Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [81% of CIOs lack full oversight of AI agents built outside IT, Dataiku says](https://daily.dev/posts/81-of-cios-lack-full-oversight-of-ai-agents-built-outside-it-dataiku-says-qerxpllpk) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Strike48 report: security leaders wary of AI agents](https://daily.dev/posts/strike48-report-security-leaders-wary-of-ai-agents-uwmlnggfz) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#gcp](https://daily.dev/tags/gcp), [#data-management](https://daily.dev/tags/data-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data-xahaxaps9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data-xahaxaps9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data-xahaxaps9"},"datePublished":"2026-08-12T17:16:09.964Z","dateModified":"2026-08-12T17:16:31.677Z","description":"A sponsored survey report of 300 data and technology executives, produced in partnership with Google Cloud, examines how legacy enterprise data systems limit...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3f0da2ef37f46742eb3c81b77d352465?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3f0da2ef37f46742eb3c81b77d352465?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT Technology Review","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT Technology Review","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a8d03889722f4f22b3986e0b395ff076","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data-xahaxaps9","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"architecture,ai-agents,gcp,data-management","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT Technology Review","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data-xahaxaps9#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What percentage of company data do AI agents typically have access to in enterprises?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"On average, AI agents have access to only 45% of company data across surveyed organizations, according to a survey of 300 data and technology executives. 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