Chief AI Officers Made Enterprise Inroads In 2024
CIODIVE, Thursday, December 12th, 2024
While most AI chiefs were internal hires, companies also tapped tech sector executives from Google, IBM and Oracle, an Altrata study found.
Chief AI officers became a more common C-suite addition this year, according to a report Altrata published Thursday.
While still not the norm, the number of AI chiefs increased by 70% year over year across organizations, from 30 in 2023 to 51 this year, the analysis of 35,000 public and private companies in the U.S. found.
Most companies leaned on internal hires to fill the role. Others tapped tech sector executives from Google, IBM, Oracle and Accenture to bring AI leadership into the C-suite, Altrata said.