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Enterprise AI adoption trends 2026

Inspect observed AI provider disclosures by industry and company size. Distinguish the current coverage snapshot from a historical adoption curve.

Initial coverage sample · reviewed (UTC)

Real public-source records, manually reviewed. This is a dated snapshot, not a continuous live feed or a representative market survey.

Observed AI adoption, month by month

Reviewed 2026-09-10 · 3 distinct companies in the selected model-provider sample.

Each company counts once per provider. Shares can total more than 100% because companies can disclose multiple providers.

Monthly series

MonthCovered companiesComparability
September 20263Initial reviewed snapshot
Earlier monthsUnavailableNo comparable company panel

One point does not establish a trend. Company-size values are not provided by these model-provider disclosures.

Delivery route: not established

The records name providers, but do not establish direct API use versus Azure OpenAI, Bedrock, or Vertex. All 8 records remain unclassified by delivery route; no route split is inferred.

Public-source observations. Observation dates are review dates, not adoption dates.
CompanyVendor / signalIndustry / scopeObserved (UTC)Evidence
Intercomintercom.comOpenAIPresence observedCustomer service softwareAI processingSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The published subprocessor list names this provider for the stated processing purpose.

Intercomintercom.comAnthropicPresence observedCustomer service softwareAI processingSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The published subprocessor list names this provider for the stated processing purpose.

Linearlinear.appOpenAIPresence observedDeveloper toolsAI processingSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The published subprocessor list names this provider for the stated processing purpose.

Linearlinear.appAnthropicPresence observedDeveloper toolsAI processingSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The published subprocessor list names this provider for the stated processing purpose.

Sentrysentry.ioOpenAIPresence observedDeveloper toolsAI processingSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The published subprocessor list names this provider for the stated processing purpose.

Sentrysentry.ioAnthropicPresence observedDeveloper toolsAI processingSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The published subprocessor list names this provider for the stated processing purpose.

Linearlinear.appCoherePresence observedDeveloper toolsArtificial intelligenceSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The company’s published subprocessor disclosure names this provider for the stated purpose.

Linearlinear.appFireworks AIPresence observedDeveloper toolsArtificial intelligenceSubprocessor disclosure
Evidence notes

The company’s published subprocessor disclosure names this provider for the stated purpose.

What this adoption curve currently contains

The reviewed provider sample begins in September 2026. One monthly point cannot establish acceleration, slowing adoption, or a trend. The earlier Intercom disclosure is a source-specific historical comparison, not a representative prior-year company panel.

Enterprise AI adoption in 2025

We do not have a comparable 2025 observation cohort. This page does not reconstruct earlier enterprise adoption from current lists. A genuine year-over-year comparison requires stable entity mapping and consistent historical source coverage.

Generative and agentic AI adoption

A provider listed for AI processing may support several features and models. That label alone does not establish that an enterprise deployed an agentic workflow, which users have access, or what proportion of workloads use generative AI.

An evidence-led adoption framework

Separate provider availability, disclosed processing, confirmed deployment scope, and measured usage. Record changes at the level the source supports. Data residency, permissions, evaluation, and integration can affect adoption, but a disclosure alone cannot quantify those challenges.

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What the evidence can tell you

A public job board supports an ATS observation. A subprocessor disclosure identifies a provider that may process data for particular services. A vendor customer story describes a published relationship. These sources have different scopes and are labeled separately.

Counts cover the records on these pages, not the whole market. No observation in our covered sources does not mean a company does not use a vendor. Source recency and unresolved conflicts affect confidence; observations do not establish spend, renewal timing, or customer churn.

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