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78% -- share of marketers trusting ai for productivity vs positioning for B2B marketers (2026)
About 78% of B2B marketers see AI as a productivity engine.
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78%
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2026
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B
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60
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Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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MFS / MarTech
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2026 MFS 'State of AI and B2B Marketing' data as summarized by MarTech; cited secondhand
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B2B marketers: 78% share of marketers trusting ai for productivity vs positioning. Source: MFS / MarTech (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-productivity-vs-positioning-trust-2026
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