Aaron Levie on what enterprise AI adoption actually looks like

Box CEO and tech thought leader Aaron Levie says he recently met with 20 enterprise AI and IT leaders and came away with insights into what everyone, especially the stock market, wants to know: how—and how fast—large U.S. companies are adopting AI for core business functions. In a post on X, he outlined the main themes he heard. Had meetings and a dinner with 20+ enterprise AI and IT leaders today. Lots of interesting conversations around the state of AI in large enterprises, especially regulated businesses. Here are some of general trends:* Agents are clearly the big thing. Enterprises moving from…— Aaron Levie (@levie) March 19, 2026 Here’s a closer look at those key themes. Agents move from hype to production “Agents are clearly the big thing,” Levie wrote. “Enterprises [are] moving from talking about chatbots to agents, though we’re still very early. Coding is still the dominant agentic use-case being adopted thus far, with other categories . . . across