# EU's AI Agentic Shift

> EU businesses use AI agents for tasks, growing 8x in small firms.
- Title: EU's AI Agentic Shift · OpenAI | Shortify
- Summary: EU businesses use AI agents for tasks, growing 8x in small firms. EU small businesses using AI agents grew 8x since May 2026, but adoption varies widely…
- Keywords: agentic tools, chatgpt, small businesses, codex, output tokens, eu frontier firms, technology, EU's, Agentic, Shift, OpenAI
- Source: OpenAI — https://openai.com/index/the-eus-next-chapter-in-ai-is-agentic
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: eu, ai, agentic tools, chatgpt, small businesses, codex, output tokens, eu frontier firms, technology
## EU AI Agentic Use
EU businesses use agentic tools for tasks from planning to completion.
## Small Business Growth
Small and medium eu businesses grew ai users 8x since may 2026.
## Country Variations
agentic use ranges from 22% in slovenia to 85% in lithuania.
## Frontier Firms
eu frontier firms generate 4x more output tokens per user than typical eu firms.
## Opportunity Ahead
eu needs to help businesses move beyond experimentation for deeper ai use.
## Key takeaway

EU small businesses using AI agents grew 8x since May 2026, but adoption varies widely across countries.