Opinion ·
Agentic AI: the real challenge is no longer technological but organisational
Original title, in French: “IA agentique : le véritable défi n'est plus technologique, mais organisationnel”
- Publication
- Journal du Net (France)
- Author
- Arnaud Wetzel
- Published on
- 8 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
The article argues that the main obstacle to deploying agentic AI in business is no longer technological but organisational. It cites IDC and Microsoft, who anticipate more than 1.3 billion AI agents deployed by 2028, and Gartner, which forecasts that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be abandoned by 2027 for lack of demonstrated business value or adequate risk controls. An IDC study carried out for Lenovo shows that 88% of AI pilot projects never reach production. The author, also drawing on an MIT study, argues that companies must define a decision framework for their agents, formalise what they produce and pass on to them implicit business knowledge, in order to move from a data-centred model to a knowledge-centred one.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on Journal du Net →Figures cited
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1,300,000,000 agents
Number of AI agents that could be deployed worldwide by 2028
Worldwide, 2028 horizon
« Selon IDC et Microsoft, plus de 1,3 milliard d'agents IA pourraient être déployés d'ici 2028. »
Source: IDC et Microsoft
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40 %
Share of agentic AI projects that will be abandoned by 2027
Worldwide, 2027 horizon
« Gartner prévoit que plus de 40 % des projets d'IA agentique seront abandonnés d'ici 2027, notamment en raison de coûts croissants, d'une valeur métier insuffisamment démontrée ou de mécanismes de contrôle des risques inadaptés. »
Source: Gartner
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88 %
Share of AI pilot projects that never reach the production phase
Companies, IDC study for Lenovo
« Selon une étude IDC menée pour Lenovo, 88% des projets pilotes d’IA n’atteignent jamais la phase de production. »
Source: IDC pour Lenovo
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Gartner (study author), MIT (study author), Microsoft (cited), IDC (study author), Lenovo (study author)
- Keywords
- agentic AI, AI agents, AI governance, organisation, operational debt, AI industrialisation
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Journal du Net and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.