42% of Enterprises Have Deployed AI Agents, But Governance Lags Dangerously Behind

With autonomous AI agents now deployed across 42% of enterprises, governance gaps are widening faster than control frameworks can close them. According to KPMG's Q3 2025 AI Quarterly Pulse survey, agent deployment has nearly quadrupled in six months—jumping from 11% in Q1 to 42% by Q3—yet governance maturity has not kept pace. Technology departments lead the charge at 95% adoption, followed by operations at 89% and risk management at 66%, but enterprise GRC leaders face unprecedented oversight challenges as decision-making authority accelerates without central visibility.