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24 of the Fortune 500 have a Chief AI Officer

A figure of 43% circulates on at least nine pages. It traces to one blog post with no method. We checked all 500 companies against press and company evidence.

Quoted figure 43% Chief AI Officer 4.8% (24) With fused titles 10.8% (54) With divisional holders 13.6% (68)

Share of the Fortune 500. Data: ProfessionLens, September 2026

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.com fell under half of YC startups in Summer 2022, and .ai reached 37% in Summer 2025

100% 75% 50% 25% 0 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Summer 2022: 47.0% Summer 2025: 37.0% .com .ai
Share of YC companies with a website, by batch, Winter 2011 to Summer 2026. Data: FundingWatcher, YC directoryDownload CSV

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Perplexity software citationsCSV · 7,534 rows · TrellnerFortune 500 Chief AI Officer censusCSV · 500 rows · ProfessionLensYC website domains by batchCSV · 36 rows · FundingWatcherSeed startup website checksCSV · 1,520 rows · FundingWatcher
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