Gartner Market Guide for Guardian Agents: Governance Gap Is Now a Category

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Gartner published its first-ever Market Guide for Guardian Agents, formally recognizing AI agent oversight as a standalone enterprise category. 17% of CIOs already have deployed agents and 42% plan to within a year, but most have silently moved to "on-the-loop" governance (agent acts, human monitors after) without explicitly deciding to — an unacknowledged governance gap. Gartner projects guardian agent spending will grow from <1% to 5-7% of agentic AI budgets by 2028. Vendors named include Plai