Qlik Kicks Off 2025 AI Reality Tour to Turn Strategy Into Execution

Global series brings Qlik’s latest innovations—agentic AI, Open Lakehouse, and more—directly to enterprises across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC

Qlik®, a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics, and artificial intelligence, today announced the launch of its 2025 AI Reality Tour, a global tour designed to help organizations transform AI strategy into measurable business outcomes.

With 87% of business leaders now viewing AI execution as mission-critical, the AI Reality Tour brings Qlik’s latest innovations directly to enterprises across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Yet only 42% of executives express full, audit-ready trust in AI-generated insights—highlighting a significant confidence gap. At the same time, 74% cite infrastructure costs, data silos, and slow ingestion as key barriers—underscoring the urgent need for scalable, integrated solutions that can turn AI ambition into real outcomes.

“AI isn’t a lab experiment anymore—it’s the baseline. What separates leaders now is execution,” said Mike Capone, CEO of Qlik. “That means embedding intelligence where decisions get made, and doing it with speed, trust, and scale. The AI Reality Tour shows what that looks like in practice—because strategy without action doesn’t move the needle.”

The 2025 AI Reality Tour will showcase how Qlik is uniquely enabling execution at scale through three key innovations:

• One platform, built for action: Qlik unifies data integration, analytics, and AI across a single cloud-native platform—so execution happens faster, with fewer handoffs, and no patchwork solutions.
• Open by design, efficient by default: Qlik Open Lakehouse delivers real-time ingestion, automated Iceberg optimization, and cross-engine access—cutting infrastructure costs by up to 50% while boosting performance by up to 5x.
• AI that works where you work: From proactive discovery agents to embedded forecasting, writeback, and prep, Qlik’s embedded capabilities bring intelligence directly into your workflows—out of the box, and at scale.

“Qlik stood out because we didn’t need to rebuild our architecture or retrain our teams,” said Vivienne Parsons, Senior Management Information Analyst – 999 Operations, RSO & Special Projects Business Intelligence at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. “We connected our systems, brought in the right data, and started seeing results quickly. It’s one of the few platforms that actually works across functions—from IT to the business—without creating more complexity.”

The AI Reality Tour is built for decision-makers looking to move faster from strategy to execution. Each event offers practical insight into what it takes to scale AI in complex environments—through live demonstrations, working sessions with Qlik experts, and candid conversations about real deployments. Content is shaped around regional priorities, with a focus on solving for the conditions that make AI valuable—not just possible.

The 2025 AI Reality Tour runs from June through October, with events in major cities across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For a complete schedule and to register, visit the AI Reality Tour website.

Source: All statistics are from a Qlik-commissioned survey conducted by Censuswide in April 2025 among 500 U.S.-based senior business and technology decision-makers (director level and above) involved in data strategy, AI adoption, analytics execution, and digital transformation.

About Qlik

Qlik converts complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio provides advanced, enterprise-grade AI/ML, data integration, and analytics. Our AI/ML tools, both practical and scalable, lead to better decisions, faster. We excel in data integration and governance, offering comprehensive solutions that work with diverse data sources. Intuitive analytics from Qlik uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities. As strategic partners, our platform-agnostic technology and expertise make our customers more competitive.

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