Post by Mohammad Dayem A.

Gartner tracked a 1,445% increase in multi-agent system inquiries between Q1 2024 and Q2 2025. That number is not adoption. It's curiosity at scale. There's a gap almost no one is talking about: the distance between "inquiry volume is up 14x" and "it's actually running in production, delivering results you can measure." Enterprises are asking about multi-agent. But asking is not the same as deployed. IBM put a stake in the ground this month: "2026 is the year multi-agent moves from demo to deployed." They're right about the direction. The opportunity window is real. The problem is most buyers walking into vendor conversations right now aren't asking the right questions. So before you buy into any multi-agent build or vendor pitch, here's what I'd want answered: What happens when an agent fails mid-task, and how does the system recover? Anyone can demo a clean run. Ask about the failure path. Can you show me a deployment that's been running in production — without human oversight — for at least 30 days? Demos are not deployments. Pilots are not production. How will you measure outcomes? Not activity, not "tasks processed." Actual outcomes: cost per completed task, error rate over time, time saved per workflow. If there's no measurement framework, you're buying a demo. The 1,445% tells you where the market's attention is. The question is whether you're building something that works, or just adding to the inquiry count. What question are you asking vendors right now that you wish more people were asking?