{
    "statement": "of large US organizations ($1B+ revenue) are building, deploying or developing AI agents, up from 53% the quarter before (KPMG, Q3 2026)",
    "value_display": "62%",
    "value_numeric": 62,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Q3 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-08-25",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "large",
    "source": {
        "name": "AI Quarterly Pulse Survey",
        "publisher": "KPMG LLP (US)",
        "type": "survey",
        "url": "https://kpmg.com/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://kpmg.com/us/en/media/news/q3-ai-pulse-2026.html",
    "source_quote": "Today, 62% of organizations report they are now building, deploying or developing AI agents, up from 53% last quarter.",
    "verification_note": "Read on kpmg.com (press release, 24 Sep 2026) on 2026-10-23. KPMG wording changes between quarters: Q1 2026 asked about \"actively deploying\" (54%).",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": {
        "columns": [
            "KPMG AI Quarterly Pulse (US, $1B+ firms)",
            "Share",
            "Survey"
        ],
        "rows": [
            [
                "Building, deploying or developing AI agents",
                "62%",
                "Q3 2026"
            ],
            [
                "Same measure, quarter before",
                "53%",
                "Q2 2026"
            ],
            [
                "Developing or implementing multi-agent systems",
                "25%",
                "Q3 2026"
            ],
            [
                "Defined high-risk uses where agents may not decide alone",
                "49%",
                "Q3 2026"
            ],
            [
                "Build controls into agents plus monitoring",
                "30%",
                "Q3 2026"
            ],
            [
                "Actively deploying AI agents (older wording)",
                "54%",
                "Q1 2026"
            ],
            [
                "Require human validation of agent outputs",
                "63%",
                "Q1 2026"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "revisions": [
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-09-24",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "62%",
            "note": "Q3 2026 release; Q2 2026 was 53% on this measure."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-03-31",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "54%",
            "note": "Q1 2026 release: \"54% of organizations are actively deploying AI agents\" (different wording)."
        }
    ],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/orgs-building-deploying-ai-agents",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/orgs-building-deploying-ai-agents.csv"
}