@indigox: Nearly two-thirds of companies worldwide are already piloting agents, yet fewer than 10% have scaled them to deliver real value. The culprit: shaky data foundations. McKinsey’s new piece, “Building the foundations for agentic…
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McKinsey report finds that while two-thirds of global enterprises are experimenting with agentic AI, fewer than 10% achieve scalable impact, blaming weak data foundations.
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Nearly two-thirds of enterprises worldwide are already experimenting with Agents, yet fewer than 10 % have scaled them to the point of delivering real, measurable value. Almost every roadblock leads to the same culprit—an unstable data foundation. Recommended reading: McKinsey’s “Building the foundations for agentic AI at scale,” which explains how to lay the groundwork for Agentic AI at enterprise scale. The article highlights two emerging Agent architecture patterns: single
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