AI Agents Innovation Report

AI agents are automating and streamlining functions across industries as well as processes within specific industries. To better understand these transformations, we analyzed AI agent products in great depth. We synthesized our analysis in this report, which presents the categories of innovation, critical trends, and real-world case studies.

Categories and Subcategories

Explore the 3 categories and 20 subcategories of AI agents. This gives a macro overview of the innovation landscape as well as the implications of agents to industries and functions.

Subcategory Innovation Analyses

Dive deep into the 20 AI agent subcategories and examine their innovation trends, AI usage, enterprise benefits, setup complexity, level of autonomy, and a sampling of companies. This highlights the core functions and processes that agents are automating in each subcategory.

Innovation Trends

Examine the key product and technology trends we uncovered through our bottoms-up research and how they’re leveraged to deliver tangible benefits. These trends showcase the fundamental innovations that are transforming the SaaS market and enterprise workflows.

Case Studies

Analyze real-world use cases of AI agent innovations, their product adoption, and the measurable results they’ve achieved. These examples demonstrate the practical applications of AI agent products and the value they deliver to customers.

Funding Trends

Observe funding trends across AI agent categories and subcategories. This offers a useful proxy for identifying areas of innovation driven by venture capital activity.