“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work” — Peter F. Drucker (1967)

With large GenAI foundation models trained on the Internet, including Wikipedia and the noisier corners of social media, AI success increasingly depends on bringing a company’s own data into play and governing sensitive, proprietary information properly across internal silos and repositories. This research note shows how dataspace technology, originally developed for trusted cross-company data sharing, can also solve that internal challenge. IAV provides a first-mover case and leading empirical proof: its “enterprise dataspace” bridges silos, governs data products, and supports more relevant AI and more truthful digital twins without rebuilding the entire IT landscape.

Learn more about the logic and executive implications in our deep-dive paper:
Schlueter Langdon, C, S. Kohlhaas, and P. Gaugenrieder. 2026. From AI readiness to ecosystem competition: Why dataspaces are the Internet moment for your data – IAV’s “enterprise dataspace”. Research Note (RN_DCL-Drucker-CGU_2026-01_V3), Drucker Customer Lab, Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

* Drucker, P. 1967. The Effective Executive. Harper & Row: New York, NY