AI Agents by Industry
AI Agents for HR Teams: Why More Than Half of Companies Still Have None in Place
SHRM's 2026 State of AI in HR report, drawn from more than 1,900 HR professionals, found only 39% of organizations have actually implemented AI in HR — even as 92% of CHROs expect adoption to keep climbing.
AI Agents for Construction and Engineering Firms: What Autodesk's 2026 Survey of 2,500 Leaders Shows
Autodesk surveyed 2,500 architecture, engineering, construction, and operations leaders for its 2026 AI Pulse report. Agentic AI adoption is jumping fast, but the same survey shows most firms still lack the data foundations to actually use it.
AI Agents for CPG Brands: What Reckitt's Global Rollout Shows About Retail Execution at Scale
Reckitt's AI-enabled RGMx and Smart Execution platforms, built with McKinsey and rolled out across 35 markets, now guide pricing, promotion, and shelf-level decisions store by store. Here's what that shows about where AI agents are actually landing in consumer packaged goods.
AI Agents for Higher Education Teams: Fixing the Admissions and Financial Aid Backlog
NASFAA surveyed 1,233 financial aid professionals and found just 54% use AI, versus 94% elsewhere on campus. Here's why the caution is structural, not cultural, and where agents are actually landing.
AI Agents for HR and Recruiting Teams: Sourcing, Screening, and What Stays Human
52% of talent leaders plan to add autonomous AI agents to their teams in 2026, per Korn Ferry's survey of 1,670+ global talent leaders. Here's where recruiting AI agents are actually landing, and where humans stay firmly in charge.
AI Agents for Logistics and Supply Chain Teams: Closing the Adoption-to-ROI Gap
97% of logistics executives rank AI a strategic priority, but only 13% see measurable financial impact, per BCG's 2026 survey. Here's where agentic AI is actually paying off in supply chain operations, and why so many companies are stuck at the pilot stage.
AI Agents for Insurance Teams: Underwriting, Claims, and the Coverage Gap
82% of carriers are planning agentic AI adoption within three years, per Deloitte. Here's where AI agents are landing in underwriting, distribution, and the industry's persistent coverage gap.
AI Agents for Healthcare Teams: Scheduling, Billing, and Follow-Up Care
Half of US healthcare orgs have now implemented gen AI, and agentic AI is next in line for the scheduling, billing, and follow-up work that's been stuck in staffing shortages for years. Here's what McKinsey's own late-2025 survey data shows is actually working.
AI Agents for Retail Teams: Inventory, Customer Service, and Order Management
86% of retailers already have AI governance policies in place, per NRF's 2025 survey of 56 AI leaders, and shoppers are already bringing their own AI assistants into the buying journey. Here's where retail AI agents are delivering results today, and where it's still early.
AI Agents for Legal Teams: Faster Contracts, Research, and Client Intake
79% of legal professionals already use AI, and agentic AI is the next wave, per Clio's 2025 Legal Trends Report and the Thomson Reuters Institute. Here's how firms are automating contracts, research, and intake, and what's still holding agentic AI back.
AI Agents for Manufacturing Teams: From GenAI Pilots to the Shop Floor
87% of manufacturers have already launched a GenAI pilot, per Deloitte's own Future of Manufacturing study, but only 10% have scaled it network-wide. Here's where AI agents are actually landing on the shop floor right now, and where the pilot-to-scale gap still is.
AI Agents for Financial Services: Where Banks Are Actually Putting Them to Work
A new global survey of banks, fintechs, and regulators from Cambridge's CCAF, the BIS, IMF, and World Economic Forum finds 81% of financial firms adopting AI and agentic AI already active at 52% of them, but four of the top five use cases are still back-office work.