Thirty to fifty percent of RPA projects fail. That's not a typo. Ernst & Young says 30% to 50% of initial robotic process automation projects crash and burn. You're paying millions for bots that break when a button moves two pixels. That's insane.
RPA Is 2020 Thinking in a 2026 World
RPA was built for structured, repetitive tasks. It clicks buttons based on coordinates and waits for things to load. That works fine until the application updates. A UI redesign moves a button. The bot clicks the old spot. It fails. You spend weeks fixing it. Then it breaks again. Rinse and repeat. Companies spend $3.41 to $4.00 on consulting and maintenance for every dollar spent on RPA itself. You're paying people to babysit fragile scripts instead of building real automation. That is not efficient. That is not scalable. That is 2020 thinking in a world where AI can actually understand and navigate software like a human.
AI Agents Actually Work
AI agents don't click pixels. They see the screen. They understand what they're looking at. They reason about what to do next. If a UI changes, they adapt instead of failing. That's the difference between brittle RPA scripts and intelligent automation. The OSWorld benchmark proves this. OSWorld is a real-world test where agents complete 369 tasks across web apps, desktop software, and operating systems. It measures actual computer use. OpenAI's Computer Use Agent launched at 38.1% success. That's garbage. Anthropic's Computer Use scored 72.5% on OSWorld-Verified in early 2026. That's better, but still not good enough for serious work. Coasty reached 82.81% on the official OSWorld leaderboard. That's independently verified. That's the difference between a toy and a tool you can trust with real work. AI agents can handle unstructured tasks. They can read documents, make decisions, and navigate interfaces that RPA can't touch. That's not hype. That's what the benchmarks show.
OpenAI Computer Use Agent launched at 38.1% success on OSWorld. Coasty hit 82.81% on the official OSWorld leaderboard, independently verified. That is a 117 percentage point gap. That is not a small improvement. That is a different class of product.
Companies Are Still Using RPA the Wrong Way
Here's what I see every day: teams building RPA bots for things that don't need them. Copy-pasting data between systems. Filling out forms that could be automated with AI agents. Paying for training and maintenance when they could just use a computer-using AI that understands the context. The real problem is that RPA vendors have convinced everyone that automation is easy. It's not. It's a black hole of maintenance costs. Your developers spend half their time fixing broken scripts instead of building features. Your finance team spends hours reconciling data that an AI agent could do in minutes. You're not saving money. You're just moving the waste around. AI agents actually reduce maintenance. They adapt to changes. They learn from their mistakes. They don't need constant patching. That's the difference between a system that works for six months and a system that works for years.
Why Coasty Exists
I've been watching this space for years. I've seen the hype cycles. I've seen the tools that promise the world and deliver a fraction of that. Coasty is different. It's not just another API wrapper. It actually uses computer use to control real desktops, browsers, and terminals. It's built on a model that scores 85.6% on OSWorld from our in-house tests with public results. That's not a cherry-picked demo. That's the actual performance on the official OSWorld benchmark. Coasty runs on your own infrastructure with BYOK support. You can use desktop apps, cloud VMs, or even deploy agent swarms for parallel execution. It's not just a demo. It's something you can actually use tomorrow. If you're serious about automation, you need a computer use agent that can handle real work. Coasty is that agent. It's not perfect. Nothing is. But it's the only tool I've seen that actually delivers on the promise of AI automation for desktop tasks.
Stop using RPA for work that doesn't need it. Stop paying for fragile scripts that break every time something changes. If you want real automation in 2026, you need a computer use agent that can actually understand and navigate software like a human. Coasty is the #1 computer use agent. It hits 82.81% on OSWorld-Verified with independent verification. That's not a theory. That's what happened when real people tried to use it. Check it out at coasty.ai. Your automation budget will thank you.
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