Overview

• 96% of CFOs now pursue aggressive AI strategies, up from 3% in 2020.
• About 25% of corporate AI budgets are devoted to autonomous agents framed as “digital labour.”
• 61% of finance chiefs say AI agents have reshaped how they measure return on investment.
• 74% of CFOs deploying AI agents expect roughly 20% revenue growth in the next year.
• CFOs are entrusting AI agents with risk assessment, financial forecasting and expense management even as 66% cite security or privacy threats and 56% worry about extended ROI timelines.