Analysis

September 10, 2025

What’s keeping CTOs up at night?

Five chief technology officers share their biggest challenges in 2025

Like many C-suite roles, the position of chief technology officer has undergone significant changes in the last five years. In addition to being responsible for the development and management of the tech behind their startups, many CTOs are now expected to shape strategic business decisions and feed into board-level discussions about revenue, growth, compliance and exit strategy.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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