Guardian agents to form 10–15% of agentic AI market by 2030: Gartner

By 2030, Gartner predicts guardian agents—AI tools ensuring secure, trustworthy interactions—will make up 10 to 15% of the agentic AI market, aiding tasks, monitoring, and autonomous decision-making.

Guardian agents are AI-based technologies developed to support and secure trustworthy interactions with AI systems. They function both as assistants—helping with content review, monitoring, and analysis—and as evolving semi-autonomous or fully autonomous agents capable of building and executing action plans. These agents can also redirect or block specific actions to keep them aligned with predefined goals.