The Agentic Enterprise | The Control Layer | Monday, May 4, 2026
The Control Plane Has Arrived.On May 1, Microsoft shipped Agent 365 — a unified governance, security, and lifecycle layer for every AI agent across the enterprise. On the same weekend, DeepSeek V4 cut frontier AI pricing by 80%. The era of ungoverned, overpriced AI infrastructure is ending. This is what the institutionalization of enterprise AI looks like.Edition stats: Agent 365 $15/user/month GA May 1 — ~80% cost reduction DeepSeek V4 vs GPT-5.5 — 92K+ tech workers laid off in 2026 so far — "efficiency" mentioned 15× across Meta & Amazon earnings calls
