Claude’s next enterprise battle is not models: it’s the agent control plane

VB Pulse survey data shows Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Studio leading enterprise agent orchestration adoption.

OpenAI’s agent APIs rank second, while Anthropic appears for the first time with a smaller but meaningful share.

The competition is shifting from model quality to the control plane for managing enterprise agents.

That orchestration layer matters because it governs data access, tools, workflows, security, and compliance.

The winner could gain lasting platform lock-in as enterprises standardize on the layer that runs and audits agents.