Agentic AI: Infrastructure Crisis for Businesses

A growing challenge for businesses is that current enterprise systems are built for human users, not AI agents. This means common features like consent screens, multi-factor authentication, and approval workflows, which require human interaction, stop AI agents in their tracks. Here's the thing: Gartner predicts 40% of enterprise applications will use task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026. This is a significant jump from less than 5% in 2025. What's interesting is that these AI agents don't have browsers or physical fingers. They can't click buttons or navigate user interfaces. The bottom line is that the existing infrastructure, designed for human interaction, creates a barrier for AI agent adoption. This matters because businesses need to adapt their systems to support these new AI users to fully leverage their benefits.