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10% -- ai tool adoption rate for SDRs (2021)
In 2021, roughly 10% of SDRs used any kind of AI tool in their daily workflow.
- Retrospective baseline figure cited in a 2026 report comparing 2021 vs 2026 benchmarks
- Tools in 2021 were mostly basic email assist or predictive dialers
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10%
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2021
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CIENCE
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https://www.cience.com/blog/the-sdr-survey-insider-perspectives-on-sales-development/ ↗
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10 SDR Survey Findings: Sales Development (2026) | CIENCE
Last Refreshed: March 2026: updated with 2025-2026 Tenbound benchmarks and CIENCE operational data from 2,500+ client programs across 250+ industries.
From Daniel Conn, Founder, Tenbound (a graph8 company): "The SDR teams pulling ahead aren't just using more tools : they've built judgment on top of …
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Retrospective figure cited by CIENCE/Tenbound ('roughly one in ten SDRs'); baseline for the 10%→78% AI adoption jump between 2021 and 2026. Tools were mostly basic email assist or predictive dialers.
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SDRs: 10% ai tool adoption rate. Source: CIENCE (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sdr-ai-tool-adoption-2021
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