The Cisco AI Readiness Index investigates AI readiness across six key pillars – Strategy, Infrastructure, Data, Governance, Talent, and Culture and categorizes organizational readiness into four levels – Pacesetters (fully prepared), Chasers (moderately prepared), Followers (limited preparedness), and Laggards (unprepared). Using this categorization, the breakdown of respondents for Cisco’s inaugural AI Readiness Index is: Pacesetters (14%); Chasers (34%); Followers (48%) and Laggards (4%). The Index is based on a double-blind survey of 8,161 senior business leaders at organizations with 500 or more employees with responsibility for AI integration and deployment within their organizations. The Index is based on a double-blind survey of 8,161 senior business leaders at organizations with 500 or more employees with responsibility for AI integration and deployment within their organizations.