Recently, IDC officially released the IDC Market Glance: China Data Agent Market Landscape, 1Q26. Against the backdrop of explosive growth in generative AI and agent technologies, this landscape systematically presents the ecosystem of China’s Data Agent market. Leveraging its deep accumulation in AI data infrastructure, KeenData has been selected as a key representative vendor in two core segments: Platform Vendors & General Agents and Data Agent Infrastructure. This recognition marks KeenData’s international authority in full-stack Data Agent capabilities and further validates its industry position as a leader in AI data infrastructure software.
From “Pipeline” to “Foundation”: Value Reconstruction in the Data Agent Era
The IDC report points out that AI is fundamentally transforming data management, and enterprises are accelerating their departure from the traditional “data pipeline” model. With the continuous evolution of scaling laws, high-quality data supports the development of AI and agents, while the frequent interactions generated by agents produce massive amounts of runtime data and memory, imposing new requirements on data storage and management. IDC predicts that by 2028, 60% of China’s top 500 enterprises will deploy enterprise-grade Data Agents.
Facing this trend, IDC emphasizes that mastering multimodal data management, governance, and vertical industry experience is the true moat for vendors. Building a “comprehensive engine that bridges data and AI output” – the “middle layer” – will be a more promising direction for enterprises. This is precisely the strategic high ground KeenData has been cultivating in recent years. Unlike pure tool vendors, KeenData has built an end-to-end AI capability infrastructure from the underlying data foundation to upper-layer AI applications, giving it a first-mover advantage in a rapidly changing market.
Three in One: A Solid Foundation for Data Agent Implementation
To meet the rigorous requirements of Data Agents for full-lifecycle data management, KeenData has systematically built a three-pillar technology system: Data Foundation + AI Platform + Agent Portal.
Underlying Data Foundation (KeenData Lakehouse): Adopts an AI-in-Lakehouse architecture, integrating lakehouse engine, multimodal computing, and training-inference acceleration engine. It not only achieves unified access and governance of structured and unstructured data but also provides agents with standardized data assets that can be directly consumed, solving the critical problem of whether data can be directly used by AI. Middle-layer AI Platform (Keen AI): Covers the entire process of model training, inference, and agent development, building a dedicated “brain” for enterprises. Top-layer Agent Portal (KeenClaw): Serves as an enterprise-grade agent action portal, supporting multi-agent collaborative execution and enabling rapid deployment of AI capabilities at the business front line.
Currently, this system has served more than 300 large organizations across industries such as energy, finance, manufacturing, and government, becoming a key enabler for large-scale Data Agent deployment.
Strategic Synergy: Driving the Value Release of Data Elements through “Model-Data Resonance”
KeenData’s outstanding presence in the landscape stems not only from technological innovation but also from deep synergy with national strategies. With 2026 designated as the “Year of Data Element Value Release”, policies such as high-quality dataset construction, trusted data space pilots, and the “Model-Data Resonance” action have charted a clear direction for the industry.
As one of the first pilot units of the National Data Administration for trusted data spaces, KeenData has deeply participated in industry standard validation, providing core support for data governance and intelligent labeling. Its solutions have been deployed at scale in government systems and key SOE businesses, enabling secure data circulation. In the “Model-Data Resonance” action, KeenData strengthens the AI data foundation, powerfully supporting the closed-loop optimization of “Data – Model – Scenario”.
Amid the wave of AI reshaping data management paradigms and the rapid implementation of Data Agents, KeenData, as a builder of AI data infrastructure, is helping thousands of industries cross the critical milestone of intelligent transformation, writing a new chapter for value release in the digital economy era.
