Enterprise Agentic AI: The Backlash Is Coming & What Firms Get Wrong
Solutions Review, Friday, April 17th, 2026
Agentic AI is being positioned as the next major leap in enterprise technology. The promise is compelling. Systems that can act, decide, and execute across workflows without constant human input. Yet inside most organizations, that reality has not arrived.
There is a widening gap between how agentic AI is being marketed and how it is actually being used. That gap is where frustration builds, budgets tighten, and expectations reset. It is also where a backlash begins to form. Understanding that shift requires looking beyond the technology itself and focusing on how businesses adopt, measure, and integrate it into real work.