Article · 14 min read

Will AI Replace SDRs? The Data on Hybrid Sales Teams in 2026

Ben Kazinik · monday.com Free Intermediate

It leans on McKinsey data rather than vendor claims: only 7 percent of organisations have AI fully scaled and only 13 percent name headcount reduction as the goal. That is the corrective to both the panic and the sales pitch, and it gives you a clean split of which tasks move to AI and which stay human.

The question it answers

  1. Which GTM roles is AI actually eliminating, and which are becoming more valuable?

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