40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Be Canceled by 2027, Gartner Predicts Gartner's June 2025 forecast predicted that more than 40% of agentic AI projects would be canceled by the end of 2027, citing escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls as the primary drivers. That's a striking number for a technology category still in its early enterprise adoption phase. This isn't necessarily a signal to avoid agentic AI investment — it's a signal that the projects most likely to survive are the ones with clear governance, risk ownership, and measurable business value defined from the start. Teams that treat governance as a final compliance step rather than a foundational design requirement are the ones most exposed to this risk. This guide covers what separates agentic AI projects likely to succeed from ones likely to get canceled. Interestingly, this forecast pairs with a separate Gartner prediction that 40% of enterprises will demote or decommission agents by 2027 for governance reasons — two different failure modes pointing at the same underlying root cause. Cost and governance problems tend to compound each other rather than exist independently. 👉 Read the full analysis: https://apidots.com/blog/ai-agent-orchestration-control-planes-2026/