Oops: Bosses Realize Their Companies Have Been Swarmed by Legions of Redundant AI Agents

Companies that rushed into AI are now facing a flood of duplicate custom agents, creating overlap and confusion.

The sprawl is driving up token costs and raising cybersecurity and governance risks inside large enterprises.

Firms such as Magnum Ice Cream, FICO, and DaVita are now trying to centralize and control agent development.

Tools like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork make it easy to build agents quickly, but that ease is also fueling unmanageable growth.