Processing ContentTop 50 firm Schellman , in a report released today , found that 90% of AI governance professionals say their organizations have already allocated funding specifically for AI governance and 74% believe they could pass an AI compliance audit today. Meanwhile, only 57% actually have a formal AI governance policy, 44% maintain AI-specific incident response procedures, and 64% have a formal AI acceptable use policy actively communicated to employees. Schellman's survey found 86% of organizations have tested or piloted AI agents and 46% already have AI agents in production. Schellman's data found that 78% of those who described their AI governance program as "mature" already had AI agents in production versus the 22% who classified their programs as "developing." "The conversation around AI governance has fundamentally changed," said Schellman CEO Avani Desai in a statement.