• Salesforce's October 27, 2026, analysis of agentic AI surveyed 2,025 decision-makers across 20 countries.
• Organizations with AI agents in production reached ROI in about eight months on average; focused deployments delivered the fastest returns.
• Data problems caused agent errors at 63% of organizations; among those, 79% also faced data connectivity issues.
• Organizations with above-average governance reached ROI in 9.3 months, compared with 7.2 months for those with below-average governance.
• Among the 43% of organizations that stalled or scaled back AI initiatives, 39% regretted not budgeting upfront for training and reskilling.

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