Emergent Labs on 25 Aug 2025 unveiled Emergent Pro, a no-code platform that allows selected users to build and deploy fully autonomous AI agents without writing software. The company says the tool can create “custom AI co-workers” for a wide range of business tasks, signalling a push to move agentic AI beyond experimental chat interfaces and into day-to-day operations. The release joins a crowded field of agent-building products launched the same day, including Qoder, an integrated development environment that promises conversational pair-programming and autonomous code generation. Industry voices such as Box Chief Executive Officer Aaron Levie argue that entire workflows are already adapting to how agents operate rather than the other way around. Rising adoption is sharpening focus on governance and risk. Microsoft outlined a three-pillar approach—governance, forensics and rollback—to secure AI workloads, while a SandboxAQ survey found nearly eight in ten enterprises have AI in production but only 6 percent have an AI-native security strategy. Despite the enthusiasm, scaling remains difficult. IDC figures published in May show 88 percent of AI pilots never reach production. Upcoming events, including ODSC AI West in late October and the MLOpsWorld | GenAI Summit earlier that month, plan to highlight agent operations and guardrails aimed at closing the gap between prototype and production.