The enterprise workflow just became the agent’s territory. mckinsey’s 2026 survey counts 73% of…
the enterprise workflow just became the agent’s territory. mckinsey’s 2026 survey counts 73% of enterprise workflows as agent-augmented, up from 12% in 2024, with the cost per agent workflow down 64% to $0.32 an execution.
the real question is which workflows survive being automated.
Context
Verified source: Daily AI World (Sep 20, 2026) reports a McKinsey 2026 survey finding 73% of enterprise workflows agent-augmented, up from 12% in 2024. McKinsey's own State of AI 2026 page, dated Aug 25, reports 64 percent say AI is enabling innovation and 39 percent report enterprise-level EBIT impact.
McKinsey's 2026 report says 40 percent of respondents at large organizations report scaling AI agents, up from 27 percent.
The 73% and 12% appear in Daily AI World's summary, but they were not seen in the sources read, so unsupported here, not refuted. on McKinsey's own pages in the excerpts read, which give different agent figures, such as 40% of large organizations scaling agents. The 64% cost drop and $0.32 per execution were also not seen in the sources read, so unsupported here, not refuted. Treat the 73% as a secondary-source claim. 'Which workflows survive being automated' is the author's question, not a finding.
Related work
- Cost versus value: Managing agentic AI system performance, McKinsey ↗Jul 8, 2026.
- McKinsey State of AI 2026 ↗Aug 25, 2026.
- Daily AI World ↗Sep 20, 2026. Source of the 73%.
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- Search the McKinsey report text for the 73% figure and the per-execution cost.
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