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Survey: 67% See Agent ROI, But Scaling Hits Inference Costs
π‘1,100 devs reveal agent ROI realities + scaling fixes
β‘ 30-Second TL;DR
What Changed
67% report productivity gains; 46% deploying autonomous agents.
Why It Matters
Highlights inference economics as key scaling hurdle, pushing demand for optimized infra like DigitalOcean's. Signals 2026 as agent production year for prepared teams.
What To Do Next
Benchmark your agent inference costs on DigitalOcean to cut 76-100% budget waste.
Who should care:Founders & Product Leaders
Key Points
- β’67% report productivity gains; 46% deploying autonomous agents.
- β’Top uses: code/refactoring (54%), internal ops (49%), chatbots (45%).
- β’49% blocked by inference costs eating 76-100% of AI budgets.
- β’Only 10% scaling agents to production despite boom.
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