Access the data that enterprise AI requires

To ensure that your data is AI-ready, data access is essential. And that means access to all your data, structured and unstructured.

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AI starts with data

Moving from failed AI projects to realizing value and ROI from scaled-up AI is a challenge for many organizations.

That’s because their data is not AI-ready, and it’s in so many different places and formats that preparing it for AI can be difficult.


Learn how to access all of your data, structured and unstructured, and obtain a unified view of it so you can achieve more with your AI.

Accessing all of your data is vital 90% of data generated in 2022 

was estimated to be unstructured¹

<1% of enterprise data

is accounted for in traditional LLMs²

72% of CEOs say proprietary data

is key to unlocking the value of AI3

Stack of data among many piles of structured and unstructured data with watsonx.data

Making your data AI-ready means making it accessible

See how an open, data lakehouse with advanced data fabric capabilities helps you access and unify all your data. 

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Footnotes

1 Agentic AI has an unstructured data problem: IBM is unveiling a solution, Edward Calvesbert, IBM, 06 May 2025
2 The Future of AI is open, IBM Research, IBM, 2024
3 5 mindshifts to supercharge business growth, IBM Institute for Business Value, 2025.