As we close the books on an incredible 2025 and look toward 2026, I find myself returning to a recent statement from AWS’s Julia Chen that perfectly captures this moment: “The Agentic era isn’t coming. It’s here.”
At AllCloud, we’ve spent the past year helping organizations move past the “chatbot” phase of Generative AI. We are now entering a cycle where AI isn’t just talk, but action. But as we navigate this transition, 2026 will be defined by the difference between those who are merely experimenting and those who are deploying production-grade systems that deliver measurable ROI.
The Reality Gap: From Experimentation to Execution
While the “doing agents” buzz is everywhere, we see a significant gap in the market. Many organizations are still in the playground phase. In 2026, our focus is on bridging that gap. True agentic systems require a sophisticated combination of reasoning, tools, and memory. It’s no longer about a single prompt; it’s about autonomous workflows that can perceive a goal, plan the steps, and execute across enterprise systems.
The investment is there, nearly 80% of organizations* plan to increase GenAI budgets over the next 24 months. However, leadership is demanding more than just “cool” demos. They want results.
The Foundation: Security as the AI Enabler
One thing has become crystal clear: there is no successful AI without a critical focus on security. As we deepen our work with strategic partners like AWS and Salesforce, we are seeing a convergence of these two worlds. Security isn’t a “check-the-box” step at the end of a project; it is the foundation. To build a system that can take actions, like processing an invoice or accessing customer data, you must have a “TrustStack.” Our mission in 2026 is ensuring that as AI becomes more autonomous, it remains secure, compliant, and governed.
“Becoming Customer Zero”: AI-Powered Strategy
At AllCloud, we believe in the transformative power of this technology because we use it ourselves. We are aggressively incorporating AI into our own internal operations to streamline repetitive tasks.
Why? Because when our team spends less time on manual data entry or routine reporting, they have more time for what matters most: strategic planning for our customers. We aren’t just selling AI; we are an AI-first professional and managed services organization that uses these tools to be better partners to you.
What the Data Tells Us: The Path to 2026
Recent AWS research highlights the shift in executive mindset. Organizations are realizing that AI is a journey that starts with data quality and security before it can reach agentic maturity.
When we look at where leaders expect primary business returns to come from, the priorities are clear:
- 70% of executives* aim to improve operational efficiency.
- 50% of executives* plan to redeploy their workforce to higher-value work.
- 42% of executives* are looking to scale operations without proportional cost growth.
However, the hurdles are real. 50% of executives say they still need more clarity on cost structures and ROI expectations. This is where the partnership matters. In 2026, “AI” will no longer sit solely within IT; it is a joint venture between the Business and Tech teams.
Leading the Charge at AllCloud
I am incredibly proud of what the AllCloud team achieved in 2025. We were honored to be an AWS Agentic AI Competency Launch Partner, and our AI Fusion offering is already delivering results. By providing several pre-built Agents and a framework that accelerates deployment by up to 70%, we are making AI “real” for organizations worldwide combined with AllCloud TrustStack, AllCloud is providing the governance foundation and the agentic orchestration layer that enterprises need built on AWS native with customer data sovereignty and full transparency and multi agent coordination at scale.
The democratization of AI is happening at a pace we’ve never seen before. In 2026, we won’t be talking about what AI could do—we’ll be talking about what it has done across your entire business..
Stay tuned—big things are coming in 2026!
*Source: AWS Agentic AI Survey (N=283) (Agentic Considerer N=200) (Nov. 2025);