
AI Agent Market Enters Consolidation Phase as Enterprise Giants Eye Acquisitions
The AI agent market is shifting from fragmented emergence to structured consolidation, mirroring the 2014–2016 cloud infrastructure wave. Healthcare AI agents alone have grown from 7 to 47 companies, while record M&A activity in AI-adjacent cybersecurity signals that larger enterprise incumbents are positioning for aggressive acquisitions. Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Microsoft are among the most likely acquirers over the next 6–12 months.

