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Autonomous agents are software entities capable of autonomously performing tasks and making decisions without direct human intervention, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence across various applications such as robotics, smart devices, and autonomous vehicles.
The primary deployment methods for autonomous agents include cloud and on-premises setups. Cloud deployment involves hosting, managing, and delivering software applications, services, or resources over the Internet through cloud computing infrastructure, catering to a range of organizations including large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These agents are utilized by various end-users spanning industries such as information technology and telecommunications, banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), healthcare, transportation and mobility, manufacturing, and others.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
The sharp rise in U.S. tariffs and the ensuing trade tensions in spring 2025 are having a significant impact on the information technology sector, especially in hardware manufacturing, data infrastructure, and software deployment. Increased duties on imported semiconductors, circuit boards, and networking equipment have driven up production and operating costs for tech companies, cloud service providers, and data centers. Firms that depend on globally sourced components for laptops, servers, and consumer electronics are grappling with extended lead times and mounting pricing pressures. At the same time, tariffs on specialized software and retaliatory actions by key international markets have disrupted global IT supply chains and dampened foreign demand for U.S.-made technologies. In response, the sector is ramping up investments in domestic chip production, broadening its supplier network, and leveraging AI-powered automation to improve resilience and manage costs more effectively.
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The autonomous agents market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $2.71 billion in 2024 to $4.11 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 51.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), increased data availability, rise of internet of things (iot), demand for automation, integration with robotic systems.
The autonomous agents market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $21.35 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50.9%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to exponential growth of edge computing, advancements in natural language processing (nlp), focus on explainable ai (xai), regulatory frameworks for autonomous systems, enhanced security measures. Major trends in the forecast period include cross-industry collaboration, increased adoption of 5g technology, cloud computing infrastructure, swarm robotics, reinforcement learning advancements.
The forecast of 50.9% growth over the next five years reflects a modest reduction of 0.2% from the previous estimate for this market. This reduction is primarily due to the impact of tariffs between the US and other countries. Tariffs could disrupt the rollout of autonomous agent platforms by limiting access to GPUs and inference engines sourced globally, affecting their learning and decision-making speed. The effect will also be felt more widely due to reciprocal tariffs and the negative effect on the global economy and trade due to increased trade tensions and restrictions.
The increasing adoption of automation across various industries is expected to drive growth in the autonomous agent market. Automation involves the use of technology to carry out tasks with minimal human involvement by employing tools and techniques that replace manual efforts with machines, software, or programmed processes. Autonomous agents play a key role in automation by allowing tasks to be completed faster and more accurately than humans, thereby streamlining repetitive, time-consuming processes and improving overall efficiency. For example, in October 2024, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, a government department in the UK, reported that in comparison to the 2022 study, total figures for AI companies, revenues, employment, and gross value added (GVA) increased in 2023. Therefore, the expansion of automation across industries is fueling growth in the autonomous agent market.
Key players in the autonomous agent market are intensifying their focus on developing innovative autonomy platforms such as BrainOS to gain a competitive advantage. An autonomy platform serves as a comprehensive software and hardware framework that empowers autonomous systems, such as robots or unmanned vehicles, to make decisions independently without human intervention. For instance, in November 2022, Brain Crop, a US-based AI software company, unveiled its third-generation autonomy platform, BrainOS, designed to power the next generation of autonomous commercial robots. This platform offers original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a shorter time to market for high-volume automated robotics and data collection products. The new platform is anticipated to drive various robotic advancements, including enhanced localization and navigation performance, improved safety and reliability, enhanced human-robot interaction, and a modular architecture for faster and easier product development.
In March 2023, John Deere, a US-based agricultural equipment manufacturing company, acquired SparkAI for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition aimed to bolster John Deere's capabilities in autonomous agent development, enabling the company to provide more sophisticated and efficient solutions to its customers. SparkAI, based in the US, specializes in LLM-powered autonomous agent platforms.
Major companies operating in the autonomous agents market report are Amazon Web Services, Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corporation, The Boeing Company, Intel Corporation, Airbus SE, IBM Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP SE, Uber Technologies Inc., SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd., ABB Ltd., Salesforce Inc., NVIDIA Corporation, IDC (International Data Corporation), Infosys Limited, Aptiv PLC, Gartner Inc., Yaskawa Electric Corporation, KUKA Robotics, AOS Group., SAS Institute, Nuance Communications Inc., Boston Dynamics, Brain Corp, Fetch.AI, Hanson Robotics, Affectiva
North America was the largest region in the autonomous agents market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the autonomous agents market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the autonomous agents market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain
The autonomous agents market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as machine learning, natural language processing, context awareness, and computer vision. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included. The autonomous agents market consists of sales of sensors, processors, actuators, and communication devices. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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The forecasts are made after considering the major factors currently impacting the market. These include the technological advancements such as AI and automation, Russia-Ukraine war, trade tariffs (government-imposed import/export duties), elevated inflation and interest rates.