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CEOs appear to love artificial intelligence (AI). Nearly 95% of chief executives and founders running Inc. 5000 companies—the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the U.S.—say they are optimistic about AI’s potential to run their operations. That’s up from 91% who held that same opinion in 2024. Nearly two-thirds of CEOs surveyed by IBM say they currently are adopting AI agents—software that autonomousl

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