# Azeem Azhar's Las Vegas show of hands: two-thirds of IT leaders report AI results, but only eight of 160 would interrupt the CEO's vacation over them

> The Decoder reports that of 160 IT vice presidents asked by Azeem Azhar in Las Vegas, about two-thirds had measurable AI results but only eight would interrupt the CEO's summer vacation over them.

- **Topic**: Industry
- **Published**: 2026-09-27T08:35:47.728Z
- **Canonical URL**: https://highsignal.sh/stories/azeem-azhars-las-vegas-show-of-hands-two-thirds-of-it-leaders-report-ai-b6c962cc

## Why It Matters

It cuts against the assumption that measurable AI results are the same as results worth acting on, feeding the debate over whether AI spending is justified.

## Key Findings & Analysis

### Field notes from the AI bubble debate

Tech entrepreneur Azeem Azhar put two questions to 160 IT vice presidents gathered in Las Vegas, The Decoder reports. Asked who had measurable AI results, about two-thirds raised their hands. Asked who had results good enough to interrupt the CEO's summer vacation, eight did. The Decoder frames the gap between measurable and interrupt-the-boss as one of the central questions in the AI bubble debate: whether the pace of progress justifies the scale of investment. The evidence is a single conference show of hands, not a benchmark or survey methodology, so treat the numbers as an anecdote about executive sentiment rather than a measure of deployment outcomes.

## Primary Sources & Citations

- [Two-thirds of IT leaders report AI results, but few would interrupt the CEO's vacation over them](https://the-decoder.com/two-thirds-of-it-leaders-report-ai-results-but-few-would-interrupt-the-ceos-vacation-over-them/) — *The Decoder* (Reporting)

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