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Agentic AI will exceed 26% of worldwide IT spending, about $1.3 trillion, in 2029.

IDC · made March 2026 · target Dec 2029 · Open

At IDC, we expect more than 1 billion actively deployed AI agents by 2029, executing roughly 217 billion actions a day, and forecasts agentic AI will exceed 26% of worldwide IT spending
IDC, Agentic AI is critical infrastructure (IDC blog)

The prediction

Who
IDC
Made
March 2026
Target
Dec 31, 2029 (stated as "by 2029 (that same year)")
Status
Openin 3 years
Source
Agentic AI is critical infrastructure (IDC blog) Primary: their own words
Topics
Agents,Markets

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