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Will AI replace commercial counsels?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting commercial counsels. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 80 live commercial counsels openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 64% of current commercial counsels openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
80live openings
64%ask for AI skills
9%remote
53companies 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, Organization, Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Procurement, Salesforce — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Axon | 10 |
| Brex | 4 |
| Anthropic | 3 |
| Palantir | 3 |
| Roku | 3 |
| Anchorage Digital | 2 |
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