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CloudDon's proprietary index measuring the practical feasibility of agentic AI across 738 US occupations. The 2026 edition: mean AI² of 59.3, the High tier at 34.7% of occupations, six weighted dimensions, full rankings, and falsifiable calls for 2027.
Adoption benchmarks for GenAI and agentic AI in the first half of 2025 — deployment rates by industry, spend patterns, and where pilots are converting to production.
The research program measuring agentic AI feasibility across 738 occupations
CloudDon's proprietary index measuring the practical feasibility of agentic AI across 738 US occupations. The 2026 edition: mean AI² of 59.3, the High tier at 34.7% of occupations, six weighted dimensions, full rankings, and falsifiable calls for 2027.
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Evaluating the impact of AI Agents, one job at a time.
Evaluating the impact of AI Agents, one job at a time.
Evaluating the impact of AI Agents, one job at a time.
Dispatches from the room — conferences, summits, and briefings
I/O 2026 was the second half of a sentence Google began at Cloud Next — and the real news sat in two quiet decisions: where the agent runs…
Google Cloud Next ’26 and the three-year verdict on the agentic enterprise.
Reflections on Google Cloud Next ’25
Disclaimer: Google Cloud is providing me with a conference pass and support for travel and accommodation, as with the cases with all…
I will be in Davos all of next week around the WEF annual meeting 2025 and will be focusing on/ talking about building responsible GenAI/…
Vendor strategy, market structure, and where the money moves
The passport test, the kill-switch, and the restore-switch — what the Fable ban really says. A CloudDon Field Note, June 30, 2026.
Published by CloudDon Research* · May 1, 2026
What Cloud-Native Still Needs to Get Right?
12 Uncomfortable Predictions for the Post-Hype Era
Everyone is (or will be soon) building AI Agents. Nobody Is Watching What They Do When Left Alone. I Did. Here is Why You Should Care.
The frameworks and first principles behind CloudDon’s research
It’s time to define your AI Agent’s dharma
The Age of Agents: Responsible, Scalable, and Transformative AI in the Enterprise
Check out my latest book from AVA Publishers, on leveraging OpenAI models/ tools to enable your business use cases. It is available on…
As the global elite gathers in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), conversations about AI, sustainability, and pay equality dominate…
This is a summary of conversation with Kalyan Veeramachaneni, CEO/ Co-Founder of DataCebo at KubeCon EU. Watch/ read to learn more about…
The historical record — cloud analysis, 2013–2016, preserved as published
As an industry analyst, I get queried around OpenStack software from potential customers and industry peers. Despite the improvements in…
Hello, Snap! Congratulations on a successful IPO! You made the right choice by choosing multiple cloud service providers (GCP[1] and…
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