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  "id": "gartner-40-percent-agentic-ai-projects-canceled-2027",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/gartner-40-percent-agentic-ai-projects-canceled-2027/",
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  "claim": "Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027 (Gartner)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"40% of AI agent projects fail\" / \"Gartner: most agentic AI projects get scrapped\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Gartner",
    "title": "Gartner Predicts Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Be Canceled by End of 2027 (June 25, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, due to escalating costs, unclear business value or inadequate risk controls, according to Gartner, Inc.",
  "method": "Analyst prediction; the release cites a January 2025 Gartner poll of 3,412 webinar attendees on investment levels, not on cancellations.",
  "drift": [
    "Type: a prediction, often repeated as a measured failure rate"
  ],
  "interest": "Gartner sells research and advisory services.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Gartner predicted in June 2025 that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027 because of costs, unclear value or weak risk controls.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Gartner press release, June 25, 2025",
      "url": "https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Prediction made June 25, 2025, for end of 2027",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}