7 Ways Agentic AI Pilots Get Stuck - And How To Move Ahead
Salesforce, Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
More companies than ever are piloting AI agents, but many projects stall. Don't worry: We've got tips to help you get back on track to deployment.
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Your company leaders get excited about a hot new AI tool or decide to create their own. They make the investment to launch an agentic AI pilot. Employees try out the tool in a dedicated project and then . it never gets deployed.
Sound familiar? If so, you're not alone.
According to a recent Futurum report*, 96% of chief information officers (CIOs) consider artificial intelligence (AI) adoption a top priority, yet most companies struggle to get beyond the pilot phase. Agentic AI pilots are on the rise - they increased from 37% during the last quarter of 2024 to 65% in the first quarter of 2025, a recent KPMG survey said - but the rate of deployment has remained flat, at 11%.