The July 2026 AI Sentiment Index examines how industries are moving from broad AI experimentation toward more focused, business-driven adoption. It assesses industry confidence across Adoption, Disruption, Use Cases, and Spend, highlighting differences in AI readiness, investment, and implementation across key sectors.
The report includes:
- An overview of the AI Sentiment Index for July 2026
- Coverage of industry sentiment across four dimensions - Adoption, Disruption, Spend and Use Case
- Findings from the AI Adoption Sentiment Index on the use of AI in business functions and long-term planning
- Insights from the AI Disruption Sentiment Index on AI's effect on industries, competition and business operations
- Highlights from the AI Use Case Sentiment Index on how organizations are exploring and applying AI across different business functions
- Findings from the AI Spend Sentiment Index covering investments in AI software, infrastructure, workforce and related technologies
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 AI Sentiment Index: Introduction- Introduction
- How Is It Calculated?
- Analysis
- Four Categories of Sentiment
- Adoption
- Disruption
- Spend
- Use Cases
- Cross-Industry Insights
- Chemicals and Energy
- Technology and Consumer Electronics
- Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Introduction
- Comparative Analysis
- Sentiment Analysis by Industry
- Overview
- Chemicals and Energy
- Technology and Consumer Electronics
- Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Introduction
- Comparative Analysis
- Sentiment Analysis by Industry
- Overview
- Chemicals and Energy
- Technology and Consumer Electronics
- Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Introduction
- Comparative Analysis
- Sentiment Analysis by Industry
- Overview
- Chemicals and Energy
- Technology and Consumer Electronics
- Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Introduction
- Comparative Analysis
- Sentiment Analysis by Industry
- Overview
- Chemicals and Energy
- Technology and Consumer Electronics
- Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Advanced Manufacturing
Table 1: AI Sentiment Scores: July 2026
Table 2: AI Adoption Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
Table 3: AI Disruption Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
Table 4: AI Use Cases Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
Table 5: AI Spend Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
List of Figures
Figure 1: AI Sentiment Scores: July 2026
Figure 2: AI Adoption Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
Figure 3: AI Disruption Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
Figure 4: AI Use Cases Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
Figure 5: AI Spend Sentiment Scores, by Industry, July 2026
