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title: "The Businesses Winning With Automation Aren’t Building More Agents. They’re Doing This Instead"
date: 2026-08-24
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description: "Its analysts even have a name for part of the problem, “agent washing,” the rebranding of ordinary tools as autonomous agents.  Of the thousands of vendors now claiming agentic capability, Gartner ..."
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# The Businesses Winning With Automation Aren’t Building More Agents. They’re Doing This Instead

Its analysts even have a name for part of the problem, “agent washing,” the rebranding of ordinary tools as autonomous agents.  Of the thousands of vendors now claiming agentic capability, Gartner ...

*Published: 2026-08-24*