As AI Investments Surge, CEOs Take the Lead

Key Takeaways

Nearly three-quarters of CEOs say they are their company’s key decision maker on AI, reflecting the need for an executive to connect the organizational and management dots that this revolutionary technology requires.

• Four out of five CEOs are more optimistic about the ROI of their AI investments than they were a year ago.
• Nearly all CEOs believe that AI agents will produce measurable returns in 2026.

Many large companies have a new Chief AI Officer—and it’s the CEO. Nearly three quarters of CEOs say that they are their organization’s main decision maker on AI, twice the share as last year.

CEOs are recognizing that AI is more than a technology....