Nearly All Enterprises Plan to Scale AI Agent Deployment in Next Year

A new Cloudera report highlights that 96% of enterprises plan to increase their use of AI agents within the next 12 months. The key application areas include:

• Performance optimization bots (66%)
• Security monitoring agents (63%)
• Development assistants (62%)

Strategic Importance of AI Agents

• 83% of organizations believe AI agent investment is vital for competitive edge
• Half of enterprises aim for organization-wide expansion

"AI agents have moved beyond experimentation—they're now delivering real automation, efficiency, and business results," said Abhas Ricky, Cloudera's chief strategy officer.

Singapore's AI Adoption Landscape

• 87% of Singaporean leaders say prior generative AI investments prepared them well for AI agents

• Top use cases:

  • Fraud detection
  • Patient monitoring
  • Customer service

• 71% express concern about AI bias and fairness

• 45% implemented safeguards like:

  • Human review loops
  • Diverse training data
  • Formal fairness audits

The Future of Agentic AI

Cloudera is enabling this transformation through its Enterprise AI Ecosystem, helping organizations design secure, scalable AI workflows that turn data into action.

"In 2025, agentic AI is taking center stage, building on the momentum of generative AI but with even greater operational impact," Ricky added.