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The AIR APAC AI Readiness Pulse, Q2 2026.

Name: AIR APAC AI Readiness Pulse, Q2 2026
Creator: AIR APAC
Published: 2026-07

1,000 APAC organisations ranked by public AI readiness signal (RPS), an outside-in visibility measure across 23 markets and 6 sectors. Screened from 5,820 candidate organisations across the region. Scores reflect public-evidence visibility, not verified readiness.

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Data collected January–June 2026. Published July 2026. Version Q2 2026.

5,820candidates screened

1,000published

23APAC markets

56.7mean RPS / 100

92%evidence A or B

How to read these scores

Scores reflect public-evidence visibility (RPS (Raw Public Signal)) and a hiring-adjusted public signal, not a private audit or statistical census. Market context uses CRP (Country Readiness Prior) and CERS (Country Enterprise Readiness Signal) benchmarks. The index covers all 23 markets. An additional enterprise-adoption benchmark is available for 12 of those markets; the remaining 11 show macro and state context only.

What the data shows

Three findings from Q2 2026.

Depth

Market separation appears stronger at the visible frontier and weaker in the tail, but the statistic changes materially across sourcing-depth slices. The series is publishable; no single value supports a market ranking.

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Lowest

Capability Visibility scores lowest of the five RPS signals. Organisations publish AI intent faster than they publish AI hiring.

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3,359

Of 5,820 candidates screened, 3,359cleared the evidence gate — only 1,000 are published. Absence from the index is not absence of activity.

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What RPS measuresFive weighted signals. Discoverability and AI evidence carry 50%.Expand for detail ↓

Five public signals. One visibility score.

RPS (Raw Public Signal) is an outside-in benchmark of publicly observable AI, data, digital, and hiring signals. It measures public signal strength, not the full extent of private internal capability.

25%Discoverability
Whether search and AI systems can find and identify the organisation.

25%AI and Digital Evidence
Public evidence of AI, data, analytics, automation, and digital activity.

20%Platform and Data Footprint
Public references to cloud, SaaS, ERP, CRM, and platform maturity.

15%Freshness and Authority
Recent third-party coverage: launches, partnerships, awards, news.

15%Capability Visibility
Public hiring and role signals for AI, data, analytics, and digital work.

Weight versus mean signal across the five RPS signals — Discoverability leads on mean signal; Capability Visibility is lowest after hiring-evidence hardening removed job-board and aggregator false positives.

Evidence confidence distribution across published organisations — 92% of published organisations carry grade A or B evidence. Grade reflects public evidence quality, not company performance.

The index

1,000 organisations, ranked by visibility.

Filter by market, sector, visibility tier, evidence confidence, or classification. Defaults to the 1,000 published organisations, all of which cleared the evidence gate. Each row links to a full evidence profile.

Search companyMarketSectorVisibility tierEvidenceSort

Entity typeServices classSupplier evidenceAdopter evidenceHas official evidenceJob-board-only riskEvidence gate only

Rank	Company	Market	Sector	Tier	RPS	Evidence	Signal
489	Pexa Grouppexa.com.au	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	56	B
490	Pitcher Partnerspitcher.com.au	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	56	B	SupplierC
492	Priceline Pharmacypriceline.com.au	Australia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	56	C	Job-only
493	Protiviti Australiaprotiviti.com	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	56	B	SupplierC
523	Deloitte Australiadeloitte.com.au	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	55	A	SupplierC
526	Jumbo Interactive Limitedjumbointeractive.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	55	A	SupplierAdopterP
533	Professional Advantagepa.com.au	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	55	B	SupplierC
538	Corporate Travel Managementtravelctm.com	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	55	B	SupplierC
540	Up Bankup.com.au	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	55	B	SupplierAdopterP
591	Shippitshippit.com	Australia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	54	B
595	Team 400team400.ai	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	54	B	SupplierC
601	UpGuardupguard.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	54	B	SupplierAdopterP
603	Whispirwhispir.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	54	B	SupplierAdopterP
604	Xero Limitedxero.com	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	54	B
608	Afterpayafterpay.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
611	ANZ Group Holdings Limitedanz.com.au	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	53	B
612	Audinateaudinate.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
613	Ausencoausenco.com	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	53	B	SupplierC
615	Baby Buntingbabybunting.com.au	Australia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	53	D
622	Block Earnerblockearner.com.au	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	53	B
637	DataRobot Australia Pty Ltddatarobot.com	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	53	D
642	Eroad.com.aueroad.com.au	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
650	HELLO PEOPLEhellopeople.com.au	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	53	B	SupplierC
654	Humm Grouphumm-group.com	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	53	B
656	Intelegainintelegain.com	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	53	B	SupplierC
664	Kelly+Partners Accountantskellypartners.com.au	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	53	B	SupplierC
679	Nearmapnearmap.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
686	Pepperstonepepperstone.com	Australia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	53	B
689	Plentiplenti.com.au	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	53	B
692	Prospaprospa.com	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	53	B
697	Raiz Investraizinvest.com.au	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
699	Reckon.comreckon.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
710	SKUTOPIAskutopia.com	Australia	Logistics/Supply Chain	Emerging	53	B
713	Superloopsuperloop.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	53	B	SupplierAdopterP
715	Temple & Webstertempleandwebster.com.au	Australia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	53	C	Job-only
724	Ventiaventia.com	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	53	B	SupplierC
737	Atlassianatlassian.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	52	B	SupplierAdopterP
741	Bullfincher.iobullfincher.io	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	52	B
746	Deputydeputy.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	52	B	SupplierAdopterP
755	James Hardiejameshardie.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	52	C	SupplierP
758	GE Vernovalinktree.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	52	B	SupplierAdopterP
761	Objective Corporationobjective.com.au	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	52	B	SupplierAdopterP
762	Pentana Solutionspentanasolutions.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	52	B	SupplierAdopterP
766	TechnologyOnetechnology1.com	Australia	Tech/Fintech	Emerging	52	B	SupplierAdopterP
776	Accenture Australiaaccenture.com	Australia	Professional Services	Emerging	51	C	SupplierCJob-only
777	Adairs Retail Groupadairs.com.au	Australia	Retail/E-commerce	Emerging	51	C
782	Athena Home Loansathena.com.au	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	51	C	Job-only
809	Morgan Stanley Australiamorganstanley.com.au	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	51	B
810	MyState Bankmystate.com.au	Australia	Financial Services	Emerging	51	C	Job-only
859	Aurora Labsauroralabs3d.com	Australia	Manufacturing	Emerging	50	D

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Depth check and sector patterns

What the sample can support.

Between-market variance moving across seven sourcing-depth slices — The between-market share is not identified on this sample: it moves materially as the depth choice changes. The first five points use percentile-matched slices; the last two use fixed counts and are not clean endpoints. The movement is the finding, not any single value.

By sector (mean RPS)

Sector	n	Mean & 95% CI
Financial Services	268	56.9 56.2–57.7
Logistics/Supply Chain	89	55.6 54.6–56.6
Manufacturing	137	56.2 55.2–57.2
Professional Services	205	57.4 56.6–58.3
Retail/E-commerce	92	55.6 54.6–56.6
Tech/Fintech	209	56.9 56.1–57.7

Sectors are listed alphabetically, not ranked. RPS is public-evidence visibility, not verified readiness.

Candidate sourcing depth correlates with the country prior, and all five scored signals also load positively on depth. AIR APAC therefore publishes company rankings and each market’s own disclosed context, but no comparison of market means. Read defects D6 and D7 in the methodology.

Limitations

What this measures, and what it does not.

RPS measures public-evidence visibility, not verified internal readiness. Strategy intent that has not shipped, and budget that has not produced visible output, are not captured.
Known bias: organisations that publish in English and publish frequently score higher. Local-language sources are not yet included.
Sample construction: the universe is proxy-led, not a census. Absence from the index is not a finding of low activity.

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A sanitised public CSV with rank, RPS, adjusted RPS, visibility tier, evidence confidence, and classification for every published entity.

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22 of the 23 covered markets also publish a full PDF dossier: market readiness context, tier composition, and the top public-signal organisations for that market.

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