Overview

• More than 40% of agentic AI initiatives face cancellation by the end of 2027 as high costs and immature governance undercut expected gains.
• Most deployments remain early-stage proofs of concept driven by hype rather than clear operational goals.
• Only 19% of surveyed organizations made significant investments by January 2025, with 42% investing conservatively and 31% undecided.
• Gartner identifies about 130 vendors that meet true autonomous agent criteria, leaving many buyers confused by inflated claims.
• Despite current setbacks, analysts expect autonomous agents to make 15% of routine business decisions and feature in one-third of enterprise software by 2028.