Most B2C Marketers Run AI Agents but Can't Tie Their Conversations to Revenue
TLDR
An Invoca survey of 451 U.S. marketers finds that most B2C marketers have AI agents live or in testing, but only 19% can reliably send agent conversion data back to advertising platforms.
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Invoca's "2026 Broken Funnel Report" surveyed 451 U.S. marketers from September and October 2026 and found that 44% have conversational AI agents live in at least one channel. Only 26% can tie agent conversations back to the campaign, keyword, or ad that generated them, and only 27% use revenue or booked outcomes as their primary AI performance measure. The report also found that 56% of marketers lose attribution when leads reach a dealer, franchise, or local location.
How we got here: earlier coverage
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