IDC Spotlight: Building Enterprise Autonomous AI Agents
How to build and deploy secure, scalable autonomous agents faster

Best practices for building autonomous agents
Is your organization ready to harness the power of autonomous AI agents? By 2028, 1.8 billion agents will be in operation across industries. The companies that move quickly now will gain a lasting competitive edge. This paper provides practical guidance on:
- Selecting the right agent-building platforms
- Overcoming common deployment challenges
- Managing safety and compliance concerns
- Addressing the AI skills gap with no-code solutions
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Generic AI agents rarely meet enterprise needs
This paper explains why building custom agents aligned with your specific business processes delivers superior results and how to do it efficiently.
Speed to market
Platform requirements
Skills strategy
Safety frameworks

Tim Law
Research Director, AI and Automation
Tim leads the GenAI Lifecycle Tools and Technology coverage at IDC. Tim’s coverage includes the evolution of large language models, generative AI and agentic AI tooling for orchestration, evaluations, and agent AI development.
Building autonomous agents and digital co-workers quickly and safely at scale
Autonomous agents aren't just chatbots—they're digital workers capable of handling complex tasks across your organization.
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