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The AIR APAC AI Readiness Pulse, Q2 2026.

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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RPS visibility + CRP/CERS context; enterprise block live for 12 covered markets

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

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.

RankCompanyMarketSectorTierRPSEvidenceSignal
22LegalOn Technologieslegalontech.jpJapanTech/FintechPacesetter71BSupplierAdopterP
24Renesas Electronics Corporationrenesas.comJapanManufacturingPacesetter71B
53MUFG Bank, Ltd.mufg.jpJapanFinancial ServicesPacesetter68A
68ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporationctc-g.co.jpJapanProfessional ServicesPacesetter66BSupplierC
72Mercarimercari.comJapanRetail/E-commercePacesetter66B
73Mitsubishi Electric Corporationmitsubishielectric.comJapanManufacturingPacesetter66B
74NS Solutions Corporationnssol.nipponsteel.comJapanProfessional ServicesPacesetter66BSupplierC
75Preferred Networks, Inc.preferred.jpJapanTech/FintechPacesetter66BSupplierAdopterP
78SCSK Corporationscsk.jpJapanProfessional ServicesPacesetter66BSupplierC
99Mitsubishi Research Institutemri.co.jpJapanProfessional ServicesPacesetter65ASupplierC
101NEC Corporationnec.comJapanTech/FintechMomentum65BSupplierAdopterP
107PKSHA Technology Inc.pkshatech.comJapanProfessional ServicesMomentum65ASupplierC
134Yokogawa Electric Corporationyokogawa.comJapanManufacturingMomentum64B
142Denso Corporationdenso.comJapanManufacturingMomentum63B
152Sompo Holdings, Inc.sompo-hd.comJapanFinancial ServicesMomentum63A
158Amazon Japan G.K.amazon.co.jpJapanRetail/E-commerceMomentum62CJob-only
184JFE Holdingsjfe-holdings.co.jpJapanManufacturingMomentum62A
193Nissan Motornissan-global.comJapanManufacturingMomentum62A
194Omron Corporationomron.comJapanManufacturingMomentum62B
195ORIX Corporationorix.co.jpJapanFinancial ServicesMomentum62B
198Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.sagawa-exp.co.jpJapanLogistics/Supply ChainMomentum62B
209Toyota Tsusho Corporationtoyota-tsusho.comJapanLogistics/Supply ChainMomentum62B
234Fisco Ltd.fisco.co.jpJapanTech/FintechMomentum61BSupplierAdopterP
244Nippon Steelnipponsteel.comJapanManufacturingMomentum61A
249Trend Microtrendmicro.comJapanTech/FintechMomentum61BSupplierAdopterP
255DMG MORI Co., Ltd.dmgmori.co.jpJapanManufacturingMomentum60B
269Sumitomo Corporationsumitomocorp.comJapanLogistics/Supply ChainMomentum60B
272Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.tokiomarinehd.comJapanFinancial ServicesMomentum60B
278Advantest Corporationadvantest.comJapanManufacturingMomentum59B
287BrainPad Inc.brainpad.co.jpJapanProfessional ServicesMomentum59BSupplierC
316Money Forward, Inc.moneyforward.comJapanFinancial ServicesMomentum59B
324Rakutenrakuten.comJapanTech/FintechMomentum59BSupplierAdopterP
338Uzabase, Inc.uzabase.comJapanTech/FintechMomentum59BSupplierAdopterP
342Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.yamaha-motor.comJapanManufacturingMomentum59BAdopter
374Synspective Inc.synspective.comJapanProfessional ServicesMomentum58BSupplierC
380Aiful Corporationaiful.co.jpJapanFinancial ServicesMomentum57B
394Coincheck, Inc.coincheck.comJapanFinancial ServicesMomentum57B
414Monex, Inc.monex.co.jpJapanFinancial ServicesEmerging57B
420SB Payment Service Corp.sbpayment.jpJapanTech/FintechEmerging57BSupplierAdopterP
423Tokyo Electrontel.comJapanManufacturingEmerging57A
424Toyota Motor Corporationtoyota-global.comJapanManufacturingEmerging57B
425Welcia Holdings Co., Ltd.welcia.co.jpJapanRetail/E-commerceEmerging57A
476LOGISTEED, Ltd.logisteed.comJapanLogistics/Supply ChainEmerging56B
479Mitsubishi Logistics Corporationmitsubishi-logistics.co.jpJapanLogistics/Supply ChainEmerging56B
481Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.murata.comJapanManufacturingEmerging56B
502Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Groupsmfg.co.jpJapanTech/FintechEmerging56ASupplierAdopterP
529LINE Yahoolycorp.co.jpJapanFinancial ServicesEmerging55B
532Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI)nri.comJapanFinancial ServicesEmerging55B
543Autify Inc.autify.comJapanProfessional ServicesEmerging54BSupplierC
558Seiko Epson Corporationepson.comJapanManufacturingEmerging54B
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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)

SectornMean & 95% CI
Financial Services268
56.956.2–57.7
Logistics/Supply Chain89
55.654.6–56.6
Manufacturing137
56.255.2–57.2
Professional Services205
57.456.6–58.3
Retail/E-commerce92
55.654.6–56.6
Tech/Fintech209
56.956.1–57.7

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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