MIT Technology Review: Agent Orchestration Is the Defining Technical Challenge of 2026

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MIT Technology Review published a definitive analysis on April 21 identifying agent orchestration as the central challenge in AI right now, with 54% of organizations actively deploying AI agents across core operations (up from 11% two years ago). The piece highlights that the shift from single-agent to multi-agent systems has outpaced the tooling and governance infrastructure needed to manage them safely, creating a gap that frameworks like A2A, MCP, and enterprise platforms are racing to fill.