Enterprises have spent the past two years funding agentic AI, and now the industry is measuring whether that investment converts into production. Budgets keep climbing: 92% of AI decision-makers expect their budgets to grow over the next 12 months, and agentic AI is the fastest-rising technology priority in enterprise software. Yet only 18.5% of organizations rate their AI maturity above the midpoint of a five-point scale, and nearly half cannot yet point to a measured return.
Futurum’s research traces the stall points to execution, not to the models themselves: process redesign, governance, and change management, the work that starts after a platform is chosen. Closing that gap increasingly depends on the ecosystem built around the platform, the marketplaces, delivery partners, and pre-built industry workflows that carry agents the rest of the way to production.
In our latest thought leadership report, From Pilots to Production: Why Agentic Transformation Runs Through the Ecosystem, published in partnership with Google Cloud, Futurum Research examines why enterprise AI budgets keep outpacing production readiness and what closes that gap.
In this report, you will learn:
- Why AI budgets keep climbing while maturity and measured returns stay early
- The three process barriers, not model gaps, still keeping agents stuck in pilot
- How Google Cloud is packaging Gemini Enterprise around industry-specific, bounded use cases
- What ETR buyer data shows about Gemini Enterprise’s paid-deployment growth and expansion intent
If you are interested in learning more, be sure to download your copy of From Pilots to Production: Why Agentic Transformation Runs Through the Ecosystem today.
Author Information
Brad Shimmin is Vice President and Practice Lead, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure at Futurum. He provides strategic direction and market analysis to help organizations maximize their investments in data and analytics. Currently, Brad is focused on helping companies establish an AI-first data strategy.
With over 30 years of experience in enterprise IT and emerging technologies, Brad is a distinguished thought leader specializing in data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software development. Consulting with Fortune 100 vendors, Brad specializes in industry thought leadership, worldwide market analysis, client development, and strategic advisory services.
Brad earned his Bachelor of Arts from Utah State University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Brad lives in Longmeadow, MA, with his beautiful wife and far too many LEGO sets.
David Park is Director of Custom Research at Futurum, where he helps enterprise technology vendors sharpen their go-to-market strategy, product positioning, and competitive edge through rigorous, data-driven research.
David brings more than a decade of experience advising technology companies across value engineering, product marketing, sales enablement, partner strategy, and competitive intelligence. Working with vendors such as Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, Oracle, Google Cloud, and IBM, he has shaped executive-level narratives, sharpened go-to-market positioning, and equipped sales and partner teams with the insight and tools to compete and win in complex enterprise markets. His work spans SaaS ecosystem strategy, ROI and business value analysis, executive storytelling, and revenue enablement.
Before moving into the technology industry, David built his strategic foundation in competitive intelligence and corporate strategy at firms including Oliver Wyman, Fuld & Company, and Citizens Financial Group.
