• Taming agent sprawl: 3 pillars of AI orchestration AI agents are popping up everywhere, but without a conductor, they clash, waste money and create more problems than they solve. • By early 2026, the novelty phase of AI agents has officially ended and been replaced by a looming systemic liability. • If 2025 was the year of the pilots, 2026 is the year of the collision. • The velocity of adoption is staggering. • Gartner recently predicted that40% of enterprise applicationswill feature task-specific AI agents by the end of this year. • For the average organization, this translates to a fleet of 50+ specialized agents, becoming the new “Shadow IT” if left unmanaged.
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- AI agents are popping up everywhere, but without a conductor, they clash, waste money and create more problems than they solve. Credit: Andrea Zanenga By early 2026, the novelty phase of AI agents has officially ended and been replaced by a looming systemic liability. If 2025 was the year of the pilots, 2026 is the year of the collision. The velocity of adoption is staggering. Gartner recently predicted that 40% of enterprise applications will feature task-specific AI agents by the end of this year. For the average organization, this translates to a fleet of 50+ specialized agents, becoming th
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