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Gartner: More than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled in the next few years

Gartner recently revealed a new report where it predicted that by the end of 2027, over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled. Factors contributing to this decline include escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls. According to the analyst firm, one trend it is seeing is that vendors are hyping up AI agents by “agent washing,” or rebranding existing products like AI assistants, RPA, or chatbots without actually adding substantial agentic capabilities.  The company estimates that of the thousands of agentic AI vendors out there, only about 130 of them are real and delivering on their promises.  “Most agentic AI projects right now are early stage experiments or proof of concepts that are mostly driven by hype and are often misapplied,” said Anushree Verma, senior director analyst at Gartner. “This can blind organizations to the real cost and complexity of deploying AI agents at scale, stalling projects from moving into production. They need...

Building a culture that will drive platform engineering success

Platform engineering can be a valuable asset to an organization, but there are a number of strategies teams need to implement in order to drive success.  In a talk at PlatformCon 2025 in NYC last week, Preeti Somal, senior VP of engineering at Temporal , gave a talk about the human side of platform engineering. She gave seven strategies to follow to ensure that platform teams aren’t overlooking this crucial piece of the puzzle. Have a clear mission According to Somal, Temporal’s mission is to build developer-friendly tools that are reliable. Its logo resembles a shield and its mascot is a tardigrade , a creature known for being pretty much indestructible. They can survive in extreme temperatures and pressures, and can withstand air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation.  In fact, the company sent a plushie of their mascot into space along with a Raspberry Pi just to prove how resilient it is. “We were running workflows, and of course, at some point ...