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More than one billion AI agents will be actively deployed worldwide by 2029.

IDC · made December 2025 · target Dec 2029 · Open

IDC projects that the number of actively deployed AI agents will exceed 1 billion worldwide by 2029 which is 40 times more than in 2025.
IDC, Agent Adoption: The IT Industry's Next Great Inflection Point (IDC blog)

The prediction

Who
IDC
Made
December 2025
Target
Dec 31, 2029 (stated as "by 2029")
Status
Openin 3 years
Source
Agent Adoption: The IT Industry's Next Great Inflection Point (IDC blog) Primary: their own words
Topics
Agents

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