Investors are pressuring companies to get serious about AI

AI is taking center stage in the boardroom.

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• CEOs face pressure from investors to enhance their AI strategies.
• Investor demand for AI adoption surged from 68% to 90% from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025, according to KPMG.
• One investor told BI there's no board of a VC-backed startup that isn't discussing AI.

Executives, investors, and boards are united on one thing: AI.

Last month, enterprise AI company Dataiku published a survey that showed...