Deloitte TMT Predictions: 75% of Companies to Invest in Agentic AI by 2026 — Nearly Double 2025's 39%

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Deloitte's 2026 Technology Predictions report projects agentic AI investment will nearly double, from 39% of companies in 2025 to 75% in 2026, with up to half of organizations allocating over 50% of digital transformation budgets toward AI automation. Customer service is identified as the near-term category most disrupted, with ERP and CRM as medium-term targets. Gartner adds that 35% of point-product SaaS tools will be replaced by AI agents or absorbed into larger ecosystems by 2030. The budget reallocation from incremental SaaS to AI tooling is now a documented macro trend backed by multiple analyst firms.