Original Research: How Real Data Teams are Using Agentic AI for Analysis In 2026

From live production data, we analyzed how agentic AI is helping data teams do more.

There’s no shortage of hype around AI agents in analytics and what they could do. What’s been missing is real data from production environments. What are analytics agents actually doing for data teams today? This 2026 Field Report, featuring first-party telemetry from over 10,000 Lumi AI platform queries, is a piece of original research to answer this question.

Inside you'll learn:

• How enterprise teams are actually using agentic analysts in daily workflows
• The different types of data analysis being done, and their frequency
• How prompting and analysis patterns evolve with user familiarity 
• Real examples of complex prompts and how the platform handled them
• Use cases where agentic analysis measurably outperformed the status quo.

If you’re thinking about how AI changes the role of the data team and how businesses make data-driven decisions, this report provides a numbers-backed view of what’s happening now.

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With special thanks to Lumi AI Partners:

• Kroger
• Chalhoub Group (Swarovski, Carolina Herrerra)
• Compass Group (E15)