What other leaders or departments in your organization do you feel the closest alignment to?
CMO / Marketing9%
COO / Operations52%
CFO / Financials & Budgeting20%
CRO / Sales5%
CHRO / HR8%
Counsel / Legal4%
Other1%
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CMO / Marketing9%
COO / Operations52%
CFO / Financials & Budgeting20%
CRO / Sales5%
CHRO / HR8%
Counsel / Legal4%
Other1%
CEO23%
CIO53%
CTO37%
Software department leadership 28%
Team leads30%
Software engineers/developers19%
Someone else (comment to share)
N/A — no plans to use AI agents for software engineering5%
Talent30%
New technology67%
Existing technology45%
Process management20%
Something else
No selling.
No recruiting.
No self promotion.
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