Name: 63% of large US organizations require a person to validate AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025 (KPMG, Q1 2026) (Q1 2026)
Creator: KPMG LLP (US)
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63% of large US organizations require a person to validate AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025 (KPMG, Q1 2026) (Q1 2026).

63%

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Why you can trust it. KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 237 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 17 Feb to 17 Mar 2026.

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Period Q1 2026
Region USA
Company size Large
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Source: KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q1 2026

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Publisher: KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey
Source type: Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
What it measures: 63% of large US organizations require a person to validate AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025 (KPMG, Q1 2026)
Data period: Q1 2026 (ends 17 Mar 2026)
Published by the source: 31 Mar 2026
Who is counted: 237 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 17 Feb to 17 Mar 2026.
In the source's words: 63% percent now require human validation of AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025
Checked at source: 23 Oct 2026: Read on kpmg.com (Q1 2026 release, 31 Mar 2026) on 2026-10-23.
Reuse: All rights reserved; quote briefly with credit. Quarterly survey of 200-320 US leaders at firms with $1B+ revenue; wording changes between quarters.
Next expected update: Quarterly (KPMG LLP (US), quarterly)
Original page: kpmg.com: AI Quarterly Pulse Survey
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KPMG LLP (US). (2026). 63% of large US organizations require a person to validate AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025 (KPMG, Q1 2026). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/orgs-require-human-validation-agents

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"63% of large US organizations require a person to validate AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025 (KPMG, Q1 2026)." KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q1 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/orgs-require-human-validation-agents.

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What is the latest figure for governance (USA)?

63% of large US organizations require a person to validate AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025 (KPMG, Q1 2026), for Q1 2026, according to KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

49%

of large US organizations have defined high-risk uses where AI agents may not make decisions on their own (KPMG, Q3 2026)

Sample: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

SurveyLargeUSA

62%

of large US organizations ($1B+ revenue) are building, deploying or developing AI agents, up from 53% the quarter before (KPMG, Q3 2026)

Sample: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

SurveyLargeUSA

25%

of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026)

Sample: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

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