- 410
- CIOs
- 29
- countries
- 10
- predictions
Agents lead the talk. Data foundations take the hiring. ROI is 12% of the conversation and 1% of the hiring.
Research · AIM Research
What CIOs are actually doing about AI
Two research lines from AIM Research: the CIO AI Priorities study, read from what 410 CIOs say, hire and disclose, and Pulse, a quarterly survey of the leaders in our rooms.
Top five themes, priority score out of 10
Agentic AI6.0
Data foundations4.7
Talent3.3
CX & EX2.4
AI ROI1.7
73% of CIOs show agentic AI evidence; it leads in every region but Asia-Pacific.
The say-do gap · Hiring minus talk share, points
Data foundations+14
Talent+7
Governance+3
CX & EX-8
AI ROI-11
Open on the theme the CIO talks about. Sell to the theme the CIO hires for. Base: 269 CIOs with a public statement.
distinct AI job titles open at 313 companies
companies already hiring agent engineers
of CIOs are new in their seat
companies name no AI partner
CIO Vision Pulse
CIO Vision Pulse
Eleven questions, every quarter, from the leaders in the room. Where AI budgets, agents and returns are heading, answered in about three minutes. Answers are aggregated and anonymised by AIM Research; individual responses are never published.
Q4 2026First edition · fielding in the Q4 rooms nowLive
January 2027First Pulse report published
Question 2 of 11
How will your organisation's AI spend change over the next 12 months?
Take the survey · 3 minutes11questions
QRon every table in the room
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25 pages, ten predictions and eight account segments: the full study with regional and sector cuts, hiring by role family and the 410 enterprises sorted into named segments for partners.