[New] 40% of enterprise applications will feature task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025, and that agentic AI could drive around 30% of enterprise application software revenue, more than $450 billion, by 2035.
Institutional Business Press
[New] 85% of software professionals expect to use generative AI in 2026 to augment tasks like coding and user story generation, up from 46% in 2024.
TPLEX
[New] Gartner has identified agentic AI as the top strategic technology trend for 2026, predicting that by 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024 [source: Gartner, Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026].
TechTicker
[New] By 2035, agentic AI could account for nearly 30% of enterprise application software revenue - exceeding $450 billion.
AIChainTech
[New] Gen AI could unlock $50 billion to $70 billion of insurance industry revenue, with the highest impact on marketing and sales, customer operations, and software engineering dimensions.
Octo Telematics -
[New] Modern AI tools are better than the best cybersecurity professionals at identifying critical vulnerabilities in secure software, potentially making them the world's most powerful hacking tools.
Council on Foreign Relations
[New] Spend on asset management software tools across the utilities industry will grow at a CAGR of 10% from $1.3 billion in 2022 to $2 billion in 2026.
Default
[New] MR analysis, demand for generative design software and services is estimated to grow to USD 0.4 billion in 2026 and USD 2.9 billion by 2036.
FactMr
[New] While Generative AI (2023-2025) could describe work, Agentic AI (2026) can do the work-navigating software, executing complex multi-step workflows, and taking accountability for outcomes without human hand-holding.
LuMay AI
[New] Software will make commercial vehicles even smarter, more modular, and more cost-efficient in the future.
Automotive World
[New] To win new mandates in R&D and software, Ontario and Quebec could consider co-investing with assemblers and parts manufacturers in shared research, testing and validation facilities.
RBC
By 2026, AI Software Development will no longer be an optional accelerator but the core fabric of modern delivery pipelines across enterprises and scale-ups. / Australia
EVOKEHUB
In the near-term horizon, AI spend in supply chain software will grow from under $2 billion in 2025 to $53 billion by 2030.
Forbes
The software vertical is forecast at $1.44 billion in spending, a 2026 growth of 15.1%; communication services forecast at $1.36 billion in spending, a growth of 4.8%; and devices forecast at $856 million, a growth of 8.2%.
Campus Technology
The rush to ship AI-written software is creating a ticking time bomb of buggy, insecure code that could sink startups.
Crypto Briefing
The Think 2026 announcements deepen that case by tying watsonx, Red Hat, and consulting into a more unified agentic AI story, but they do not remove near term risks around consulting demand, federal exposure, and consumption driven software spending.
Yahoo Finance
