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Gartner Survey Finds Only 13% of CIOs Say Their Enterprise Has Realized Significant or Transformational Value from AI

$ITPress releaseOct 19, 2026, 12:00 PM ETRead the release

Gartner published findings from its 2027 CIO and Technology Executive Agenda survey of 2,002 CIOs, showing only 13% say their enterprise has realized significant or transformational value from AI. The survey highlights execution gaps: just 31% and 17% have stopping rules for pilots and production respectively, and only 4% have explicit plans to redesign roles for a human-agent workforce.

Key figures

Cio survey respondents
2002
Use case success likelihood
one-in-five
Cios expecting higher tco from ai
51%
Cios with increased cost pressure
58%
Cios with workforce redesign plans
4%
Cios reporting pilot stopping rules
31%
Cios reporting significant ai value
13%
Cios reporting production stopping rules
17%
Respondents expecting it headcount increase 2027
40%

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