{"id":358474,"date":"2025-08-26T13:52:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=358474"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:22:46","slug":"cios-have-three-to-six-months-to-set-their-agentic-ai-strategy-and-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/cios-have-three-to-six-months-to-set-their-agentic-ai-strategy-and-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"CIOs Have Three to Six Months to Set Their Agentic AI Strategy and Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-columncontrol aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<section class=\"column-control  grid-norm no-top-bottom \">\n<div class=\"row       xs-flex-direction-column sm-flex-direction-column\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-9 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 \">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12 \">\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-heading aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<div class=\"grid-norm  rmg-t32 mg-b16 margin-top-bottom\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"h2 default headingRuleDefault\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Gartner Predicts 40% of Enterprise Apps Will Feature Task-Specific AI Agents by 2026, Up from Less Than 5% in 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-columncontrol aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<section class=\"column-control  grid-norm no-top-bottom \">\n<div class=\"row       xs-flex-direction-column sm-flex-direction-column\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-9 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 \">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12 \">\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-articletext aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<article class=\"article-text grid-norm  margin-top-bottom mg-t16 rmg-b32\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>By End of 2025, Almost Every Enterprise App Will Have Embedded AI Assistants<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>By 2026, Enterprise Apps Will Be Embedded with Task Specific AI Agents Featuring True Agentic AI Capabilities<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-articletext aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<article class=\"article-text grid-norm  margin-top-bottom mg-t16 rmg-b32\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Forty percent of enterprise applications will be integrated with task-specific AI agents by 2026, up from less than 5% today, according to Gartner Inc., a business and technology insights company. As organizations accelerate digital transformation,\u00a0agentic AI\u00a0in enterprise applications will move beyond individual productivity, setting new standards for teamwork and workflow through smarter human-agent interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Gartner forecasts agentic AI will drive approximately 30% of enterprise application software revenue by 2035, surpassing $450 billion, up from 2% in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAI agents\u00a0are evolving rapidly, progressing from basic assistants embedded in enterprise applications today to task-specific agents by 2026 and ultimately multiagent ecosystems by 2029,\u201d said\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/experts\/anushree-verma\">Anushree Verma<\/a>, Sr Director Analyst at Gartner.<\/strong> \u201cThis shift transforms enterprise applications from tools supporting individual productivity into platforms enabling seamless autonomous collaboration and dynamic workflow orchestration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">CIOs have a crucial three- to six-month window to define their agentic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/webinar\/743768\/1680702-the-ripple-effects-of-ai-on-organizational-structure-and-work\">AI strategy<\/a>, as the industry is at an inflection point. Organizations that do not embrace agentic AI promptly risk falling significantly behind their peers. Managing strategic priorities requires a focused approach across the five stages of agentic AI evolution (see Figure 1).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-imagepicker aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<section class=\"wrapper stack-16-top grid-norm left    \">\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Figure 1: The Future of Agentic AI in Enterprise Applications<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"img-9a2380e6-3632-4853-8666-e4308dbe2e5b\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazyloaded aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/emt.gartnerweb.com\/ngw\/globalassets\/en\/newsroom\/images\/graphs\/future-of-agentic-ai.png\" alt=\"[Image Alt Text for SEO]\" width=\"850\" data-src=\"https:\/\/emt.gartnerweb.com\/ngw\/globalassets\/en\/newsroom\/images\/graphs\/future-of-agentic-ai.png\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p class=\"p-small\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Source: Gartner (August, 2025)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"globalsite cmp-globalsite-articletext aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<article class=\"article-text grid-norm  margin-top-bottom mg-t16 rmg-b32\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Stage 1: AI Assistants for Every Application<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Gartner predicts that by the end of\u00a02025 almost every enterprise application will have embedded assistants, transforming inefficient apps into intelligent systems that operate on users\u2019 behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">AI assistants are the precursor to agentic AI. They simplify tasks and interactions for users but depend on human input and do not operate independently. The most common misconception is referring to these AI assistants as agents, a misunderstanding fueled by widespread \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027\">agentwashing<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/webinar\/742302\/1676970-ai-agents-for-cios-practical-criteria-alternatives-and-best-practices\">CIOs<\/a>\u00a0and technology leaders must focus on creating seamless employee experiences by integrating AI assistants with robust APIs, enabling a shift from traditional application-centric interfaces,\u201d said Verma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Stage 2: Task-Specific Agent Applications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">By 2026, AI assistants will evolve into AI agents with task specialization, a significant step toward true agentic capabilities. Gartner predicts 40% of enterprise applications will be integrated with task-specific agents by 2026, up from less than 5% today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAs AI agents begin acting independently and handle tasks ranging from routine development to complex incident response without human involvement, leaders must ensure strong security and governance,\u201d said Verma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Stage 3: Collaborative AI Agents Within an Application<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Collaboration among\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/articles\/ai-agents\">AI agents<\/a>\u00a0will redefine enterprise applications as organizations move beyond single-purpose automation. By 2027, Gartner predicts one-third of agentic AI implementations will combine agents with different skills to manage complex tasks within application and data environments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Today\u2019s AI agents often focus on individual, task-specific functions, which can limit their overall business impact. Collaborative agents will offer more adaptable and scalable solutions by learning from real-time data and adjusting to new conditions. At this stage, technology leaders will need to prioritize standardization and interoperability and adopt protocols that support seamless agent-to-agent communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Stage 4: AI Agent Ecosystems Across Applications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">By 2028, AI agent ecosystems will enable networks of specialized agents to dynamically collaborate across multiple applications, allowing users to achieve goals without interacting with each application individually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This shift will drive the need for new business models, greater transparency, dynamic pricing and increased governance to ensure ethical agentic AI operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Gartner estimates that by 2028, a third of user experiences will shift from native applications to agentic front ends, requiring new business models to avoid disintermediation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Stage 5: The \u201cNew Normal\u201d for Democratized Enterprise Apps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Gartner predicts that by 2029, at least 50% of knowledge workers will develop new skills to work with, govern and create AI agents on demand for complex tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAs agentic AI matures, standardized protocols and frameworks will enable seamless interoperability, allowing agents to sense their environments, orchestrate projects and support a wide range of business scenarios,\u201d said Verma. \u201cEarly adopters will set the standard for the new normal while others risk falling behind as humans begin relying on AI agents as much as their smartphones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gartner Predicts 40% of Enterprise Apps Will Feature Task-Specific AI Agents by 2026, Up from Less Than 5% in 2025 By End of 2025, Almost Every Enterprise App Will Have Embedded AI Assistants By 2026, Enterprise Apps Will Be Embedded with Task Specific AI Agents Featuring True Agentic AI Capabilities Forty percent of enterprise applications [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9231],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}