Sagar Kadakia
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Sagar Kadakia
@S_Kadakia
CEO & Founder @qualitateio | Research & AI

Non-human identities (NHIs) went from 3% of IAM buyer discussions to 38% in 12 months Agentic AI, expanding SaaS footprints, and API-driven architectures are creating machine identities faster than existing tools can manage


Integration capabilities are now the #1 priority buyers care about when selecting vendors, overtaking AI Organizations need systems to actually talk to each other, and vendors that make that easy are winning deals One buyer put it: “We all talk about how important the data is to AI. The AI capability by itself is not attractive enough to justify you having business just for that.”

@Google completed its $32B acquisition of Wiz in March. Today, Wiz is tied for the #1 most-evaluated AI security provider. Over 75% of customers using Wiz in our tracked AI security markets plan to increase their next twelve month spend, based on our 1H’26 study. Buyers already using Wiz for cloud security are extending into AI workloads:


In November 2025, @qualitateio sourced next 12-month spending plans from 400+ IT technology buyers globally $INTC signals showed strong improvement versus the prior study @intel customer spend growth within servers hit 8.4%, accelerating 3.5pp study-over-study, driven by increased exposure to AI use cases




Introducing Qualitate. AI built for primary intelligence. Qualitate conducts thousands of expert discussions each month, delivering structured intelligence for the world’s leading investment firms and enterprises. Here's how:

Introducing Qualitate. AI built for primary intelligence. Qualitate conducts thousands of expert discussions each month, delivering structured intelligence for the world’s leading investment firms and enterprises. Here's how:

Introducing Qualitate. AI built for primary intelligence. Qualitate conducts thousands of expert discussions each month, delivering structured intelligence for the world’s leading investment firms and enterprises. Here's how:



Introducing Qualitate. AI built for primary intelligence. Qualitate conducts thousands of expert discussions each month, delivering structured intelligence for the world’s leading investment firms and enterprises. Here's how:







