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Will AI replace business development representatives?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting business development representatives. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 383 live business development representatives openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 34% of current business development representatives openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
383live openings
34%ask for AI skills
13%remote
191companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Communication, Salesforce, Prospecting, Business Development, CRM, Collaboration — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Trinity Logistics | 18 |
| Notion | 11 |
| Dandy | 11 |
| Cloudflare | 9 |
| Block | 9 |
| Fivetran | 8 |
See the full Business Development Representative data page →