Enterprise adoption of AI agents is growing very rapidly.

Judge as of 2026-02-25. True if independent surveys, analyst research or usage data from late 2025 to early 2026 (e.g. Gartner, McKinsey, IDC, Deloitte, KPMG, or cloud-provider usage figures) show enterprise deployment or use of AI agents rising sharply, such as a large multiple or a big jump in the share of firms using or piloting agents within about a year. Mostly true if adoption is clearly growing fast but the 'skyrocketing' wording somewhat overstates it (e.g. strong growth in pilots but slower production deployment). Mixed if the evidence is split: fast growth in experimentation but adoption in production is still small or flat. Mostly false if adoption is growing only modestly, or rapid growth applies only to a narrow segment presented as general. False if the data show enterprise agent adoption flat or falling.

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1. E1 Investment and AI Agent Deployment Surge as Execution Becomes the Differentiator KPMG US · 31 March 2026

   “In 2024, AI agents were largely exploratory, with only 12% of organizations deploying AI agents and most activity concentrated in pilots. By Q2 2024, deployment tripled to 33%. Today, 54% of organizations are actively deploying AI agents.”

2. E2 Global AI Pulse Q1 2026 KPMG International · 15 May 2026

   “17 percent are piloting AI agents, 14 percent are deploying them and 18 percent are scaling them across multiple functions.”

3. E3 G2-InsightReport-AIAgents2025-TS-DA - Learn Hub G2 · 9 August 2026

   “Almost 60% of companies have agents right now in production. This is impressive, given how agentic solutions only entered the mainstream conversation last spring.”

4. E4 Global AI Pulse Q1 2026 KPMG International · 15 May 2026

   “At the more advanced end of the spectrum, 17 percent are developing multi-agent systems, yet only 9 percent have reached coordination across workflows.”

KPMG's US quarterly survey [E1] says the share of organizations deploying AI agents rose from 12% in 2024 to 54% by early 2026. That is a large multiple between 2024 and early 2026 and fits the criteria's description of rising sharply, although the period is longer than a year and the page's middle data point carries an odd period label ("Q2 2024") [E1]. G2 [E3] reports that almost 60% of companies have agents in production. KPMG's global survey [E2, E4] gives a more measured picture: 17% piloting, 14% deploying and 18% scaling agents, with only 9% reaching coordination across workflows. That suggests "skyrocketing" somewhat overstates how far adoption has matured.