BeyondTrust: Enterprise AI Agents Growing 466.7% YoY — First Unified Privileged Identity for AI Coworkers From Desktop to Cloud

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BeyondTrust Phantom Labs research reveals a 466.7% year-over-year increase in AI agents operating inside enterprise environments, with the majority running as shadow agents with privileged access invisible to security teams. BeyondTrust's Pathfinder Platform now delivers endpoint privilege management for AI clients (Claude, ChatGPT) enforcing least privilege at the OS level, plus Identity Security Insights with connector coverage spanning OpenAI, Google Vertex, Salesforce Agentforce, ServiceNow, and AWS Bedrock for automatic discovery, privilege path mapping, and risk scoring.