PTI New Delhi

India is emerging as a global leader in Agentic AI adoption, with over 80 per cent of businesses actively exploring the development of autonomous agents, a Deloitte report says.

Autonomous agents are AI systems that can act independently to achieve specific goals without constant human guidance. Agentic AI refers to the broader concept of using these agents to automate tasks and processes. The growing interest in this technology reflects a significant shift in how Indian organizations are leveraging AI for innovation and efficiency.

The findings are part of Deloitte's State of GenAI (Fourth Wave) report, which provides an India-specific perspective on the adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) and Agentic AI.  "Over 80 per cent of Indian organisations are actively exploring the development of autonomous agents, indicating a substantial shift towards Agentic AI," the report said.

The report also highlighted the increasing focus on multi-agent workflows, where sub-agents collaborate under a master agent's supervision to perform goal-oriented actions. Notably, 50 per cent of Indian businesses identified these workflows as a key priority area. The Deloitte survey covered 2,773 C-suite leaders across 14 countries. Furthermore, around 70 per cent of firms expressed a strong desire to use GenAI for automation, and more than half of the organizations are conducting more than ten GenAI experiments.