The Real ROI of AI Agents: Evidence for the Skeptical Buyer
By Sebastian Chedal
Last updated: April 2026. AI agent markets move fast. We update this analysis quarterly. Why Agent ROI Is Harder to Prove Than Anyone Admits Most of the evidence about AI agent ROI comes from companies selling AI. That’s the first problem. Google Cloud’s 2025 ROI report says 74% of executives achieved ROI within the first…













