{"free":true,"mirrors_paid_route":"GET /api/dossier?slug=ai-agents-market-adoption-deep-dive-2026-09","price_if_paid_usd":"0.25","slug":"ai-agents-market-adoption-deep-dive-2026-09","title":"AI Agents — Market & Adoption Deep-Dive","skill":"deep-dive-dossier","format":"markdown","excerpt":"# AI Agents — Market & Adoption Deep-Dive\n\n**Research date:** September 2026  \n**Addendum to:** [AI Agents — Deep-Dive Dossier](./ai-agents-deep-dive-2026-09.md)  \n**Audience:** Client advisory (investment cases, board briefings, build-vs-buy timing)  \n**Scope:** Public information and attributable analyst/vendor claims only; extends (does not contradict) the parent dossier’s **Market & adoption** section. Metrics cited only when attributable to a named source; conflicting TAMs carry confidence notes.\n\n---\n\n## Scope & how to read this\n\nThis addendum unpacks the parent dossier’s **Market & adoption** section into decision-grade detail: how to read conflicting market sizes, what the adoption funnel actually measures, how “apps with agents” differs from “orgs that have deployed,” where spend and ROI evidence is durable vs survey theater, and which vertical/regional signals matter for adviso","truncated":true,"headings":["Scope & how to read this","Market sizing (directional; definitions diverge)","Confidence notes on conflicting TAMs","Adoption funnel & the 2026 gap","Two clocks: application embedding vs organizational deployment","Project economics & cancellation risk","Enterprise vs consumer; verticals & functions","Regional picture","Advisory implications (how to use these numbers)","Link back to parent","Sources"],"full_bytes":25769,"note":"Free inspectable preview — full markdown is behind the paid fetch route.","buy_url":null,"parked":true,"status":"PARKED","hero_paid":"GET /api/enrich","note_buy":"PARKED — not for sale. Use GET /api/enrich ($0.02) or GET /api/tip ($0.01)."}