AI Agents, Doing Real Jobs
AI agents are finally doing actual work — not demos, not "coming soon," but real jobs at real companies with real numbers attached. This is the running list I keep of what AI agents are doing out in the wild: who's running them, what's working, what the results look like, and — because Roxie insists — where they still fall flat. So basically, if you've been wondering what all the "AI agent" hype is actually worth in the real world, this page is your answer.
Every entry names its sources. No number without a receipt. Vendor-reported numbers are labeled as exactly that.
Sponsor Spotlight
SponsoredThe fine print, because it matters: sponsors never influence our ratings, rankings, or verdicts. Every spotlight placement is clearly labeled as sponsored, and any sponsored use case still has to meet our sourcing rules — real product, real claims, real sources. A sponsor can't buy a fake case study.
Sierra — AI Support Agents for Big Brands
Customer supportE-commerce
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Julius AI — Your Own Data Analyst on Demand
DataSaaS
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Lindy — The Personal AI Assistant That Does the Boring Stuff
Personal productivitySaaS
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Deep Research Agents — A Research Team in One Prompt
ResearchSaaS
Verified Oct 16, 2026
AI SDR Agents — 11x and Artisan, Sales Prospecting on Autopilot
SalesMarketing
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Harvey — The AI Associate at Law Firms
OperationsLegal
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Replit Agent — Apps Built by Typing a Sentence
CodingEngineering
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Devin in Production — Coding Agents Doing Real Engineering Work
CodingEngineering
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Intercom's Fin — Support Copilot Turned Full Agent
Customer supportSaaS
Verified Oct 16, 2026
Klarna's AI Support Agent
Customer supportE-commerce
Verified Oct 16, 2026
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Questions, answered
What counts as an "AI agent" here?
An autonomous or semi-autonomous system doing a real job — not a chatbot you prompt for fun. If it takes a goal and does the work (writing code, resolving tickets, booking meetings) with a human checking the output, it qualifies.
Where do your numbers come from?
Company engineering blogs, official case studies, and credible reporting — named and linked on every entry. If a number only comes from the vendor, we say so: "vendor-reported, independent verification pending."
Can a company pay to be listed?
Sponsors get a clearly-labeled spotlight card, never a listing they didn't earn. A sponsor can't buy a fake case study, and sponsored placements never change our verdicts.
How often is this updated?
We add two to three new use cases a week. Every entry carries a "last verified" date — stale entries get refreshed or retired.
Why only AI agents, not all AI use cases?
Because "ways to use ChatGPT" is everywhere, and nobody owns the "what are agents actually doing in production" beat. That's the gap we're filling.
