C# cast object to gameobject not working

In script, I instantiate a NavMeshAgent. For some reason, it’s impossible to cast the Object Instantiate creates to a GameObject, and therefore to do to get the NavMeshAgent properties. Here’s my code:

public class RandomLocations : MonoBehaviour {

public int count = 10;
public float distX = 20.0f;
public float distY = 20.0f;
public Transform prefab;

// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
	
	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++){
		Vector3 position = new Vector3(Random.Range(-distX, distX), 0.0f, Random.Range(-distY, distY));
		Object inst = Instantiate(prefab, position, Quaternion.identity); //results in (inst == something that seems right)	
	
		print("Created agent no. " + count); 

		GameObject instance = inst as GameObject; //After this, (instance == null).
     }
}

Anyone have any idea what I’m doing wrong? :confused: I’m completely new to Unity and C#, so feel free to state the obvious!

Try this line instead:

GameObject inst = (GameObject)Instantiate(prefab, position, Quaternion.identity);

Nope, all your casting advises are not the solution:

GameObject instance = inst as GameObject;

does exactly the same. (As it should). However, I did find out what the problem was by now:
the variable ‘prefab’ which was filled by dragging something there was declared as

public Transform prefab;

So it’s not a GameObject but a Transform. Changing this declaration to

public GameObject prefab;

solved the problem!