B
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74%
74% -- share of procurement leaders saying data not ai ready for Procurement leaders (2026)
74% of procurement leaders acknowledge their data is not AI-ready.
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74%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Source Trust
60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Gartner
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Tier C
https://www.urbanelement.com/insights/the-next-buyer-you-need-to-impress-might-not-have-a-heartbeat ↗
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The Next Buyer You Need to Impress Might Not Have a Heartbeat » Urban Element
The Next Buyer You Need to Impress Might Not Have a Heartbeat
09/06/2026 | Digital Marketing | 8 minutesYour next contract might be lost before a human being ever reads your proposal. Not to a competitor with a better pitch deck, not to a sales rep with a better relationship, but to an algorithm tha…
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Gartner procurement AI readiness research
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Procurement leaders: 74% share of procurement leaders saying data not ai ready. Source: Gartner (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/procurement-data-not-ai-ready-2026
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