This week in Enterprise Agents 📰
Acquisitions are heating up, new roles are being created, and AI usage data is emerging.
Sharing real-world enterprise AI use cases, straight from conversations with early adopters actually deploying AI and enterprise agents. No fluff. Just what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next in AI & Agents for business. 🍺
Another fun-filled week in Enterprise Agent land. Here is everything you missed while streaming March Madness during work:
Everyone’s worried about the jobs AI will replace, but there’s a wave of new roles emerging just as fast. From AI Architects to Prompt Engineers to Chief AI Officers, organizations are creating entirely new positions to harness this tech. According to Gartner, 67% of mature companies are already doing it.
Startups are now hitting $1M in ARR within months, making quick revenue growth less of a milestone and raising questions about long-term retention in a world where switching costs are nearly zero.
Gartner's AI Roadmap tool helps CIOs prioritize tasks across 7 key workstreams, aligning AI goals with organizational strategy
People are vibing their way to building new apps. The rise of AI-generated code is rapidly closing the gap between coders and non-coders, ushering in a new era of “vibe coding,” where natural language prompts replace traditional syntax.
JPMorgan claims engineering efficiency has jumped by 20% thanks to coding assistants
SaaS acquisitions are heating up. Google makes is largest acquires data security startup, Wiz, for $32b. Tray.ai acquires Vanti to to enhance AI Agent knowledge modeling.
OpenAI is launching ChatGPT Connectors, a beta feature that lets ChatGPT Team users securely connect tools like Slack and Google Drive so the AI can answer questions based on internal files and conversations. The goal is to make ChatGPT a central enterprise tool… look out Glean! 👀
While Anthropic’s MCP shows promise, Big Tech’s closed models and incentives still stand in the way.
The AI Agent Playbook: Stop refereeing AI. Start leading it.
Zscaler’s recent ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report reveals a staggering 3,000% surge in enterprise use of AI tools over the past year, with ChatGPT leading at 45.2% of all AI transactions, but it’s also the most frequently blocked.
I thought this was an excellent overview of the current state of the SaaS / AI market:
Enjoy!
I started this newsletter because I am frustrated by the lack of tangible Enterprise AI use cases in the market.
I have the opportunity to speak to hundreds of tech and systems leaders and fundamentally believe that AI and Agents will change the way businesses operate. My goal is to help share how.
-Nate G
PS - I went to Regionals in “Power of the Pen” in 8th grade so I consider myself a fairly prolific writer.