The new CIO mandate is clear: facilitate AI adoption across the enterprise at speed. According to CIO.com’s State of the CIO survey, CEOs’ top priority for their IT executives is to capitalize on AI. From researching to evaluating AI products, CIOs are now the central figures in their organizations’ AI strategies. And company leaders are looking for real outcomes. Almost two-thirds of senior leaders report there is more pressure to prove ROI on their AI investments than a year ago, according to Kyndryl’s 2025 Readiness Report. Numerous sources — from the board, to the CEO, to business units and competitors — are behind this pressure, says Jonathan Tushman, chief AI officer and CTO at Hi Marley, a customer conversational platform for the property and casualty insurance industry.

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