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2026: The State of Enterprise AI
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Fusion42 · 3 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
Enterprise AI deployment spending surged to $177 billion by September 2026, driven by rapid growth in AI agents that now account for 80% of AI usage. Frontier AI labs dominate 69% of AI deployment spending, with a strong shift toward agent-enabled applications in coding and chatbots, expanding software market budgets by 55%.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Agents, AI Frontier Models and Enterprise Software.
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AI agents have become the main driver of AI usage, shifting your product focus from just answering questions to automating complex tasks. You can now align your development and sales on agent-driven workflows, especially in coding and chatbots, to tap into new software budgets growing alongside AI.
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