1,000 AI Agents per Developer?
On July 16, 2025, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son made a bold announcement that could send ripples across every enterprise IT strategy:
SoftBank plans to deploy one billion AI agents by the end of this year—and trillions in the near future. His vision? Roughly 1,000 AI agents replacing a single human developer, running 24/7 at a monthly cost of about €0.23 per agent.