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54% -- share of ceos hiring for new ai roles for CEOs (2025)
54% of CEOs are already hiring for AI roles that did not exist a year ago, based on an IBM IBV CEO Study of 2,000 CEOs across 33 countries.
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54%
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2025
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IBM Institute for Business Value
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https://www.arkeoai.com/ai-in-business/what-ai-readiness ↗
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What Is AI Readiness? A Guide for Operators | Arkeo AI
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Last updated: June 2026
If you are a CEO or COO at a $10M to $200M business and a vendor pitched you AI agents last quarter, the question your CFO is going to ask in the next board meeting is not whether AI is real. It is whether your operation is actually ready to run it. The wrong answer …
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IBM IBV CEO Study of 2,000 CEOs across 33 countries
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