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75% of C-suite leaders say agentic AI lives up to the hype or is underestimated. 48% still plan to cut headcount.

https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/06/c-suite-agentic-ai-survey-jobs-headcount.avif

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A survey of 29 Fortune 500/1000 C-suite leaders found 75% bullish on agentic AI and 52% expecting headcount to grow or hold steady. But 48% plan reductions, and the sample is too small to be statistically representative.

Three-quarters of C-suite leaders at some of the world’s largest companies say agentic AI either lives up to the hype or is being underestimated. That is according to a poll conducted by AI Infra Summit at an exclusive CEO event in April, where attendees represented firms including Amazon, Dell Technologies, FedEx, Hitachi, Lenovo, MasterCard, Mercedes-Benz, Wayfair, and Zoom.

The headline figure is bullish: 50% said the hype around agentic AI is justified, 25% said it is under-hyped, and only 25% called it over-hyped. But the data on what that enthusiasm means for jobs is more ambiguous, and the survey’s sample of 29 respondents is small enough that individual answers shift the percentages...

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