Teneo CEO Survey on 2026 AI Spending
A Teneo survey fielded in October and November 2025 found 68% of CEOs plan to increase AI spending in 2026, but that fewer than half of current implementation projects have delivered a return on investment, according to TechSpot’s summary.The download link points to TechSpot’s summary because we did not access Teneo’s report directly.
AI in the C-Suite: Insights From 214 Global Executives (Stanton Chase)

Stanton Chase’s May 2026 survey of 214 C-suite executives and board members found that 77% of organizations have not moved AI beyond experimentation and 65% cannot show measurable financial returns.The sample is modest and drawn from the firm’s executive network, so the findings are indicative rather than representative.
KPMG Q3 2026 Quarterly AI Pulse Survey (Industries)

KPMG’s Q3 2026 Quarterly AI Pulse Survey for industries captures views of 100 U.S. C-suite and senior business leaders in each of three industries: banking, technology, and asset management and private equity. Respondents work at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, and the survey was fielded from August 10 to September 14, 2026.We […]
Large Firms With at Least 20 Employees Biggest AI Users (U.S. Census Bureau)

This May 26, 2026 Census Bureau story draws on the Business Trends and Outlook Survey, a biweekly nationally representative survey, with data collected from December 14, 2025 to May 3, 2026. AI use among U.S. businesses stayed between 17% and 20%, and 20% to 23% expected to use AI within six months.Use was higher in […]
Publicis Sapient 2026 Global Enterprise AI Report

Publicis Sapient’s 2026 Global Enterprise AI Report, released June 17, 2026, draws on 1,550 AI decision-makers across six markets. It found that 73% say AI is used regularly across their enterprise, but only 10% describe it as core to how their business runs. The link above goes to secondary coverage because we did not access […]
Kyndryl People Readiness Report 2026

Kyndryl’s 2026 People Readiness Report, released June 25, 2026, surveyed 1,100 senior business and technology leaders across eight countries. It found that 57% say AI is embedded in core business processes or deployed broadly across the enterprise, up from 35% a year earlier.Results lag deployment: 32% said they had achieved at least one of their […]
