Agoda Releases AI Developer Report 2026: Agentic AI Adoption Outpaces Enterprise Readiness Across Southeast Asia and India
A new report from Agoda indicates that software developers in Southeast Asia and India are increasingly adopting autonomous AI agents in their workflows. While productivity has surged, companies are still navigating challenges related to high costs and the need for human oversight.
Why it matters
The shift toward agentic AI marks a major evolution in software development, highlighting both the potential for efficiency and the economic barriers to full automation.
SINGAPORE , Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - - Digital travel platform Agoda has released a new study showing that software developers across Southeast Asia and India are rapidly transitioning from using AI assistants for individual tasks to deploying autonomous AI agents across the software-development lifecycle .
The Agoda AI Developer Report 2026 explores how this transition is reshaping the way developers work, how organizations manage costs, and where human accountability sits.
Drawing on extensive input from the developer community across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and India, the report examines the opportunities and challenges shaping AI's next phase across these markets.
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