India Leads Global Adoption of AI Agents, with 32% of AI Users Emerging as ‘Frontier Professionals’: Microsoft

India leads global adoption of AI agents, with 32% of AI users emerging as ‘Frontier Professionals’: Microsoft

32% of the country’s workforce are Frontier Professionals (people redesigning work around AI agents) the highest share of all ten markets studied and double the global average of 16%

India leads in AI agent use among 10 markets: Microsoft

India has the highest share of Frontier Professionals, with 32% of AI users employing agents in multi-step workflows, twice the global average.

With 32% AI users redesigning work with agents, India among leading “Frontier” workforces: Microsoft report

India has emerged as one of the world's leading "Frontier" workforces, with 32 per cent of its AI-using professionals actively redesigning how work gets done with AI agents, double the global average of 16 per cent, according to Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index.