AIAI agents

Perplexity’s analysis of hundreds of millions of agent interactions shows AI “agents” are already boosting enterprise productivity. Adoption is concentrated among high‑value knowledge workers—especially in digital technology, finance, academia, marketing and entrepreneurship—who use agents for cognitive tasks (57% of activity). The dominant use cases are “Productivity & Workflow” (36%) and “Learning & Research” (21%), with agents acting as autonomous thinking partners that gather, synthesize, and act on data in core apps like Google Docs and LinkedIn. Adoption is higher in nations with greater GDP and education. Firms should audit workflow friction, upskill staff to manage AI collaborators, and strengthen security controls as the market expands from $8 bn (2025) to $199 bn (2034).