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New B2B AI Buying Behavior Data

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Current Research and Focus Areas

How AI is Changing Buyer Behavior

How Buyers Research with AI

Answer Engines and the Buyer’s Journey

Why AI Recommends What It Recommends

Agentic Buying and Autonomous Purchases

AI-led Purchasing Negotiations

AI Impact on Sales Partners and Channels

AI as the New Trusted Advisor

The Three-Audience Problem

B2B Buyer Journeys With Fractured Funnels

Revenue Signal Architecture

Schema as a Sales Channel

How AI Vetting Impacts Referrals

Selling in a Sea of Sameness

Why Buyers Turn to AI

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Actionable information for today's revenue, sales and marketing practitioners

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AI Revenue Institute is led by veteran analysts, journalists, consultants and AI experts, with deep, hands-on experience in revenue, sales and marketing.

We leverage original research and hands-on experience to determine how AI is changing buyer behavior, purchasing and tool adoption. We provide information you can use to navigate this brave new world of revenue generation and retention. Our research maps all the points of AI mediation that now sit between you and your buyer, across every revenue channel.

AI mediates every revenue channel. Revenue sits at the center behind six concentric AI layers that desaturate inward; eight revenue channels orbit the outside and reach revenue only by passing through the layers. Select any layer, discovery channel, or legend item for detail.

AI mediates every revenue channel
How AI impacts today's revenue motions directly and through AI-mediated buyer behaviors and processes.
Revenue disintermediation by AI Six concentric AI layers desaturating toward a revenue core marked with a dollar sign, with eight revenue channels orbiting outside. $ Search Social Ads Indirect sales Other Referrals Trade shows Direct sales Source: AI Revenue Institute
Click on any ring above or the legend below for a brief description.

How AI influences revenue channels

AI influences all revenue channels today, including discovery (e.g., AI search) as well as the researching and vetting of vendors, products and services no matter how they were found.

AI-mediated buyer behavior
AI-led vetting/reputation analysis
AI-led competitive comparisons
AI-led review of specs, contracts, etc.
AI-led negotiation (emerging)
AI-led purchasing (emerging)
AI-led discovery
AI-led discovery (emerging)