48% of Tech Giants Already Using Agentic AI – Will Everyone Else Get Left Behind?
UNITED STATES , 14TH May ,2025 – The April 2025 Technology Pulse Poll by EY ranked agentic AI among the tech industry changes being adopted by executives at nearly 48%. The poll surveyed more than 500 senior tech leaders, testifying to the swift developments and deployment of autonomous AI systems.
Fifty percent of respondents forecasted that in their respective companies, more than half of their AI operations would already be agentic in two years.
This confidence translates directly into investment: 92% of tech leaders expect to increase AI spending within the next 12 months, up 10% from the 2024 prediction. There’s quite a lot of enthusiasm surrounding this, as 81% felt optimistic that AI would meet organizational goals in the near term.
“Technology companies continue to set the pace for rapid agentic AI adoption,”
Says James Brundage, EY Global and Americas Technology Sector Leader.
“Against an uncertain macroeconomic and trade environment, executives are still overwhelmingly positive on the business value that agentic AI can deliver. Our survey shows reaffirmations in ambitious AI spending and a move from pilots to production, which are other indicators of the positive trendline for these leaders. That said, despite the optimism they’re feeling, there’s still tremendous pressure for these technology leaders to demonstrate return on investment now through measurement and tangible top-line and bottom-line results.”
EY defines agentic AI as autonomous systems capable of making decisions and taking actions without human intervention, considered now to compete with the highest levels of capability. The poll shows that while 69% of executives implement agentic AI to keep ahead of the pack, 59% use it to enhance the customer experience and for strategic planning.
Workforce changes are underway, too: nearly 84% of executives plan to recruit AI-skilled talent in the upcoming six months, with a further 70% training current staff. However, such autonomy also brings concerns: 49% cite data privacy and security breaches as the number-one concern, up 19 points since 2024.
“High tech will always be the early adopters, and this latest pulse poll underscores that reality. The majority of technology companies feel they are ahead of their competition, which speaks to the pace of innovation that technology leaders are driving,”
Says Ken Englund, EY Americas Technology Sector Growth Leader.
“However, this is more perception than reality, since these companies tend to have a higher opinion of their progress than is statistically possible. It is still very early in the AI lifecycle, so it remains to be seen where these companies stand against the competition, and an outside-in view will be a critical measuring stick.”
With agentic AI turning from theory into practice, the rest of the commercial world will soon follow the lead of tech or be left behind.
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