# The Challenge of Putting AI Agents to Work

DevFeed: [The Challenge of Putting AI Agents to Work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/executive-briefing-you-are-paying-for-agent-activity-and-calling-it-work-40071.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/ai-agents-get-work-done>)

Author: Nate

Published: 2026-08-30T15:02:38Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Nate's Substack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nate-s-substack.md>)

Topics: [agent orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-orchestration.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>)

## AI overview

The description frames the challenge of putting agents to work through 1,200 experimental agents, a $21 million startup, and a missing advertising account. It does not provide details about the findings or the specific challenge.

## Source excerpt

What 1,200 experimental agents, a $21 million startup, and one missing advertising account reveal about the hardest part of putting agents to work.