The state of AI in business presentation creation 2026
This comprehensive report surveyed 1,200 professionals across 12 countries to gain insight into how they are using AI in business presentation creation in 2026.
Inside the report you will discover:
- How widely AI has been adopted for presentation creation across industries and roles.
- Which presentation tasks professionals trust AI with and where it still falls short.
- How many professionals use ChatGPT and other AI tools for presentations.
- What professionals expect from the next generation of AI presentation tools.
AI adoption in business presentations in 2026
44% use AI for reviewing and refining content, making this the top use case.
Less than 30% are satisfied with AI for complex presentation tasks like charting.
77% expect to increase their usage of AI in the next 12 months.
Data, insights and analysis
Learn the strengths and limitations of AI to inform how you can effectively incorporate AI into your presentation workflows.
Storytelling comes before slide design. Top challenges in data communication are thinking challenges, not formatting challenges. The hardest part of creating slides is sourcing the right data, analyzing it properly, and shaping it into a clear story before design even begins.
You often hear that presentations are a legacy format waiting to be disrupted. But the reality is that they are (and will continue to be) the accepted format through which work gets communicated, challenged, and decided across every corner of the business world.
When AI is used the right way – to augment critical thinking and align work with presentation best practices more quickly – it can be of tremendous benefit to modern business professionals.