"Corporate investment in AI is here to stay. 94% of our survey respondents say they will continue to invest in 2026, even if it takes time to see the return. They intend to spend 1.7% of revenue on AI comprehensively. That is more than twice of what it was a year ago."
"We tell CEOs that they need to make AI a key priority," he said. "The way they own it, the way they talk about it, the way they bring their organisation along. They need to spend time on deepening their own AI literacy."
"Ultimately, you need to know what you talk about so that you can bring your organisation along and steer for maximum return," added Schweizer."
AI investment is set to double in 2026 compared with 2025. Ninety-four percent of chief executives commit to continuing AI investments even if returns take time to materialise. Ninety percent of CEOs expect AI agents to deliver measurable ROI by 2026. Seventy-two percent of CEOs now act as the primary decision-maker for AI instead of CIOs. Leading companies allocate roughly 60% of AI budgets to agentic AI. CEOs plan to spend about 1.7% of revenue on AI. More than 30% of investing CEOs intend to build agents for deployment in the work environment.
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