79%About 4 in 5of US senior executives said AI agents are already being adopted in their companies (PwC, May 2025)
79% of US senior executives said AI agents are already being adopted in their companies (PwC, May 2025) (May 2025, PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey))
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79% of US senior executives said AI agents are already being adopted in their companies (PwC, May 2025) (May 2025).
79%
the latest figure (May 2025)
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Why you can trust it. PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey): research, research firm or analyst compilation. 300 US senior executives, May 2025.
PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey)
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Research: Research firm or analyst compilation
What it measures
79% of US senior executives said AI agents are already being adopted in their companies (PwC, May 2025)
Data period
May 2025 (ends 31 May 2025)
Published by the source
17 May 2025
Who is counted
300 US senior executives, May 2025.
In the source's words
Of the 300 senior executives in our May 2025 survey ... Seventy-nine percent say AI agents are already being adopted in their companies.
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on pwc.com (AI agent survey page, dated May 17, 2025) on 2026-10-23. "Being adopted" includes agentic features built into enterprise apps.
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PwC. (2025). 79% of US senior executives said AI agents are already being adopted in their companies (PwC, May 2025). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/execs-say-ai-agents-adopted
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What is the latest figure for adoption (USA)?
79% of US senior executives said AI agents are already being adopted in their companies (PwC, May 2025), for May 2025, according to PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey). We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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