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Leading companies increased AI agent adoption by 119% in the first half of 2025.
Employee interactions with AI agents grew at an average monthly rate of 65%.
Retail saw AI and agent actions grow at a monthly average rate of 128%.
AI agent creation among first-mover companies surged 119% between January and June of 2025, with service organizations leading the adoption of agents, with the average number of customer service conversations led by an agent growing 22 times in the first half of 2025, according to Salesforce's Agentic Enterprise Index.
Salesforce analyzed and aggregated usage data using its own AI products to uncover the story of agents in the workforce. Looking at trends over the past six months, the Salesforce Agentic Enterprise Index analyzes the activity and engagement of businesses using AI agents to boost productivity.
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Additional data was sourced from Salesforce's global proprietary research studies, totaling more than 2,000 responses. A global survey of over 6,500 service professionals revealed that by 2027, 50% of service cases are expected to be resolved by AI. Let's find out more.
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