2026 State of
Context Management Report

REPORT

DataHub commissioned independent research firm TrendCandy to survey 250 IT and data leaders about the state of context management in 2026. The findings reveal a market at an inflection point: high confidence, real infrastructure gaps, and a correction already underway.


What you’ll learn


  • Why organizations that self-assess at the highest stage of context management maturity still struggle with the fundamentals
  • How “good enough” context solutions that work in pilots consistently break down at production scale
  • Why 83% of IT and data leaders now believe agentic AI cannot reach production value without a dedicated context platform
  • What the surge in context management infrastructure investment reveals about where the market is heading
  • The three imperatives for data and IT leaders in 2026

Download the Report

Get the full findings from 250 data and IT leaders, including the context management maturity framework, priority benchmarks, and three imperatives for closing the context gap in 2026.