In it, Altman proclaimed that “in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join the workforce’ and materially change the output of companies.” His remarks set the tenor for the AI industry through 2025. Michael Hannecke, a sovereign AI and security consultant at Bluetuple.ai, says that “everyone” is looking into how to use AI agents. He has fully moved his work into AI tools and now trusts the capabilities of AI agents in most situations. Other AI agents are easy to imagine, but tough to deployFor Clark, 2025 truly was the year of AI agents. Hannecke, an AI consultant based in Germany, saw no shortage of interest in AI agents through 2025.