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Enterprise AI’s next battleground is control planes as Claude inches from models into agent infrastructure
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Published on 16 May 2026
Claude is showing up in orchestration, not just chatting
New VB Pulse data suggests the enterprise fight is shifting from model quality to the “control plane” where AI agents plan, call tools, access data, and get audited. Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Studio lead adoption, OpenAI follows, and Anthropic’s Claude registers a first measurable foothold at orchestration—hinting model momentum may be spilling into runtime infrastructure.
- Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Studio lead orchestration adoption: 38.6% in February
- OpenAI Assistants and Responses API rose from 23.2% to 25.7% in February
- Anthropic jumped from 0% to 5.7% for tool use and workflows in February
- Security and permissions were the top orchestration selection criteria in both months (39.3%, 37.1%)
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