How AI agents are changing the CEO role in 2026

AI isn't just changing individual workflows anymore. It's changing how CEOs make decisions and run their organizations. 🔗 See how agents work: https://tray.ai/merlin/agent-builder In this clip, Tray CEO Rich Waldron breaks down how AI is reshaping leadership at two levels. First, the personal impact: data analysis that used to take hours now happens in seconds. Rich uses Tray's internal data agent daily to make faster decisions and gather teams around problems with better context than ever before. Boosting personal productivity is great, but leaders must also rethink entire processes now that this technology exists. The challenge isn't just "How can AI improve our current process?" It's "Should we completely redesign this workflow given what AI can do?" That mindset shift matters because most organizations are still in the experimentation phase—testing AI on existing processes rather than reimagining how work should happen. The CEOs who figure out how to fundamentally rethink operations around AI capabilities will create advantages that can't be copied by simply adding AI features to old workflows. You'll hear why 2026 is the year to move from pilots to meaningful impact across the organization. We know AI will change how businesses operate, but is your leadership team asking the right questions about how to rebuild processes from the ground up? #AILeadership #TrayAI #AIAgents #DataAgent #CEOInsights #AIStrategy #EnterpriseAI #BusinessTransformation #AgenticAI #WorkflowAutomation --------------------------------- Learn more about Tray: https://tray.ai/ Follow Tray on Twitter: https://x.com/tray Follow Tray on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tray-ai/