Tech Sentiment Polls Q1 2026: Strategic Intelligence
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This report is based on polls designed to help us understand the current sentiment of the business community toward emerging and established technologies.
Scope
Our sentiment polls ran between January and March 2026 on GlobalData's Verdict network of B2B websites, which had 11.4 million user sessions in Q1 2026. In total, 1,761 respondents participated in the survey.
The survey focused on seven technologies: artificial intelligence, augmented reality, cloud computing, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, the metaverse, and robotics.
Key Highlights
In Q1 2026, 74% of respondents believed artificial intelligence (AI) would disrupt their industry, as leading tech companies continue to roll out generative and agentic AI products. However, as in previous quarters, fewer than half of respondents believed AI would live up to all its promises. As more people interact with AI products, such as large language models (LLMs), they increasingly encounter the technology's limitations.
Cybersecurity is ubiquitous across all sectors. In Q1 2026, 70% of respondents believed cybersecurity was already disrupting their industry or would do so in the next 12 months. The past year has seen a series of cyberattacks on leading businesses across various sectors, proving that no company is exempt. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, it will be increasingly difficult to identify and tackle threats.
Reasons to Buy
This survey gives a unique insight into the views of the business community on emerging and established technologies. The responses reveal which technologies executives view as most disruptive, which they believe to be over-hyped, and how their opinion of them has changed over time.
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