The State of Application Strategy in 2026

Nearly 29% of organizations identify prompt layers as the top AI delivery mechanism.

23% of organizations prioritize token layers for AI delivery and security.

78% of organizations run AI inference themselves.

Organizations coordinate an average of seven AI models in production.

77% of organizations report that inference is their dominant AI activity.

Only 8% of organizations rely exclusively on public AI services.

88% of organizations have faced AI-related security challenges.

98% of organizations are preparing for agentic AI.

93% of organizations operate across multiple clouds.

86% of organizations run applications across on-premises, public cloud, and colocation environments.