Stuck in Agentic AI Pilot Purgatory? UiPath Survey Points to Orchestration as Key to Scaling Enterprise Deployments

UiPath’s global survey finds only a minority of large enterprises have fully embedded AI, with orchestration tied to better ROI outcomes.

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 Global survey of enterprise technology leaders shows that organizations prioritizing the orchestration layer scale faster and get to meaningful ROI

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leader in business orchestration and automation, today released a new report on the state of agentic AI deployments, coding agents, and business orchestration. The global survey of 600 C-Suite and IT practitioners at large companies ($1B+ USD in revenue) across the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, India, and Singapore found that while enterprises have initial proof-of-concept for their agentic deployments, many remain stuck in that pilot phase, struggling to scale those deployments and find a path forward to meaningful ROI.

Asked to assess the level of deployment across their organization, less than 1 in 3 (31%) of respondents reported that AI is fully embedded in their business. A closer look at those using AI showed that 35% have adopted AI on a limited basis among select teams, while 11% are stuck in pilot mode doing limited experimentation.

When asked to identify the challenges when optimizing deployments, these enterprise leaders identified a few common hurdles in their agentic AI adoptions, namely:

• Data quality and readiness (named by 38% of respondents)
• Integration of agentic AI with existing workflows and systems (37%)
• Governance and compliance (33%)

“The gaps between experimentation and enterprise deployment are known, and often come down to data, integration, and governance challenges that keep ROI out of reach,” said Raghu Malpani, Chief Product and Technology Officer at UiPath. “Closing those gaps comes down almost entirely to two factors: understanding where the application of agentic AI can deliver the most value, and a focus on the missing layer of business orchestration. As the connector between data, systems, workflows, people, and agents, orchestration—in combination with built-in governance and compliance as guardrails—enables the scaling AI across the enterprise.”

The survey data points to business orchestration as the key to unlocking value and scale. For those respondents that report they’ve fully embedded orchestration capabilities across their enterprise, 89% said their agentic implementations have aligned with or overperformed their ROI expectations. Among the specific benefits, enterprises report the below as key benefits:

• Increased time for employees to spend on higher-value tasks (51%)
• Increasing integration among applications (47%)
• Improving oversight of business workflows (44%)
• Increasing responsiveness to customers (42%)
• Automation of complex business workflows (37%)

Continued Malpani, “Orchestration serves as the foundation for agentic deployments, connecting agents with the data and systems they need to operate effectively, along with automation to execute and humans to oversee. Those who prioritize orchestration will surge ahead because they’ll be able to ensure agents work within existing processes and guardrails to create real enterprise impact.”

According to the survey, the next 12 months are set to be a period of substantial growth for AI agents in the enterprise. More than one in three respondents (36%) expect agents to play a significant role in enterprise workflows during that time, indicating agents will be involved in a variety of business processes. When asked about the type of workflows their organizations would be most focused on applying AI to in the next 12 months, the majority (52%) of respondents said that they were applying AI to hybrid workflows, which combine static and dynamic processes.

These hybrid workflows introduce an additional level of complexity, and orchestration enables the varied processes to work together in a cohesive workflow. Yet only 29% of organizations say that orchestration is fully embedded in their workflows. The enterprises who prioritize orchestration will set themselves up for success in the next agentic era.

The entire report, “Beyond Adoption: Orchestrating the Agentic Enterprise,” can be accessed upon request by contacting pr@uipath.com.

Methodology
This report describes a survey that polled 590 C-Suite and IT practitioners at companies with annual revenue of at least $1B USD (excluding public sector organizations), and a minimum of 1,000 employees in six markets: the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, India, and Singapore. The online survey was conducted between May 25th and June 8th, 2026.

About UiPath
UiPath (NYSE: PATH) is a leader in business orchestration and automation, trusted by organizations worldwide to transform enterprise complexity into intelligent, secure operations where AI agents reason, robots act, and people lead. Built for the modern enterprise and the world's most regulated industries, UiPath integrates automation, orchestration, AI, and testing into governed, scalable workflows—unlocking innovation at the speed of business while delivering the controls and compliance enterprise leaders demand. Visit www.uipath.com for more information.

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Key Terms

agentic ai technical

Agentic AI refers to computer systems that can make their own decisions and take actions without needing someone to tell them what to do each time. It's like giving a robot a degree of independence to solve problems or achieve goals on its own, which matters because it could change how we work and interact with technology in everyday life.

business orchestration technical

Business orchestration is the coordinated automation and management of a company’s people, processes and technology so they work together smoothly to deliver a product or service. Think of it as a conductor aligning different sections of an orchestra to play the same piece: when tasks, data and systems are synchronized, work happens faster, costs and mistakes fall, and the company can scale or respond to market changes more reliably — all outcomes investors watch closely.

proof-of-concept technical

A proof-of-concept is a demonstration that shows a new idea or method can work as intended, serving as a small-scale test before full development. For investors, it signals that a concept has been successfully tested in principle, reducing uncertainty about whether it can be practically implemented. This helps determine if further investment or effort is justified to develop the idea further.

roi financial

Return on investment (ROI) measures how much money an investor makes or loses relative to the amount they put in, expressed as a percentage. It helps compare the efficiency of different investments—like checking which of several gardens produced the most fruit for the seeds planted—so investors can decide which opportunities deliver the best payoff for the risk and capital they commit.

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