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State of AI agents: what 2754 real cases say

Every number below is computed from the 2754 cases in this directory when the site was built (2026-11-14). It describes what I have collected, not the whole world, and my collection is biased toward things people wrote about publicly. Read it as a sighting log, not a census.

The headline numbers

2754cases
19topics
209named agents
130source types

1637 cases (59%) come from vendor case studies, press releases or news about vendor pilots. Their results are the vendor's own, and each case says so.

Cases by topic

Cases by topicSales & Marketing613Customer Support554Productivity225Software Development221Research & Data201Finance156DevOps & Infra130Email & Inbox112Business & Startups90Shopping75Travel & Booking72Media & Content70Automation65Knowledge & Notes60Personal Assistant57Home & Family25Design & Creative22Developer Tools3Personal Files3
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TopicCases
Sales & Marketing613
Customer Support554
Productivity225
Software Development221
Research & Data201
Finance156
DevOps & Infra130
Email & Inbox112
Business & Startups90
Shopping75
Travel & Booking72
Media & Content70
Automation65
Knowledge & Notes60
Personal Assistant57
Home & Family25
Design & Creative22
Developer Tools3
Personal Files3

Most-named agents

Most named agentsCustom agent266Claude Code255Agentforce219Claude213ChatGPT145Microsoft 365 Copilot122Copilot Studio116Grok Bot86Amazon Bedrock81Harvey52ChatGPT Agent49GitHub Copilot47Claude Cowork42OpenClaw41Microsoft Copilot39
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AgentCases
Custom agent266
Claude Code255
Agentforce219
Claude213
ChatGPT145
Microsoft 365 Copilot122
Copilot Studio116
Grok Bot86
Amazon Bedrock81
Harvey52
ChatGPT Agent49
GitHub Copilot47
Claude Cowork42
OpenClaw41
Microsoft Copilot39

Tools and builders mentioned

Counts include mentions in case text, so they can overlap. See the tools directory.

Tools and builders mentionedClaude Code258ChatGPT230Salesforce Agentforce227Microsoft Copilot Studio139Amazon Bedrock AgentCore96Grok Bot86GitHub Copilot47OpenClaw44n8n43Claude Cowork42Gemini36Meta Muse35OpenAI Codex33Cursor30Replit Agent29
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ToolCases
Claude Code258
ChatGPT230
Salesforce Agentforce227
Microsoft Copilot Studio139
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore96
Grok Bot86
GitHub Copilot47
OpenClaw44
n8n43
Claude Cowork42
Gemini36
Meta Muse35
OpenAI Codex33
Cursor30
Replit Agent29

Where the cases come from

Cases by source typeCase study1613Blog329Reddit279X276Hacker News172Lenny's Newsletter23News21GitHub18Vendor blog9LinkedIn3Press release3ZeroHedge2
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Source typeCases
Case study1613
Blog329
Reddit279
X276
Hacker News172
Lenny's Newsletter23
News21
GitHub18
Vendor blog9
LinkedIn3
Press release3
ZeroHedge2

By industry

Only the 8 industries with their own guide.

Cases by industrybanking and finance18retail and e-commerce16education16logistics and manufacturing16insurance15healthcare15travel and hospitality15legal work11
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IndustryCases
banking and finance18
retail and e-commerce16
education16
logistics and manufacturing16
insurance15
healthcare15
travel and hospitality15
legal work11

When I added them

By month: 2026-10: 1086, 2026-11: 1668. Honest note: the directory is new, so every case was added in that one month and a month-by-month trend would be one bar. Here it is by day instead.

Cases added per day2026-10-159912026-10-1922026-10-29882026-10-3052026-11-1113742026-11-121422026-11-13522026-11-14100
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Day addedCases
2026-10-15991
2026-10-192
2026-10-2988
2026-10-305
2026-11-111374
2026-11-12142
2026-11-1352
2026-11-14100

Method

Topic, agent and source come from each case's record. Tool counts match the tool's name in the agent field or in the case text. Industry counts use the lists behind the industry guides. Nothing here is a survey. Raw data: the API.