The Web’s Next Customer Isn’t Human
Will AI Agents will far surpass humans in internet activity by the end of this year?
Category AI Agents
AI is causing a reckoning moment for SaaS companies
Founders should stop selling "software" and start selling deep vertical expertise.
AI’s Creative Destruction of the Ad Industry
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” — John Wanamaker AI is transforming the advertising industry like the introduction of a sophisticated robotic manufacturing line into a traditional artisan workshop.…
AI Startups attacking the $4 Trillion Services Sector
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly” – Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises When ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022, it was mostly treated as a gimmick. Fast forward 3 years and…
Which Barriers Still Block Agentic AI Adoption?
Agentic AI represents the next frontier in automated intelligence. Unlike traditional RPA (robotic process automation) or traditional GenAI, designed to answer a single prompt, Agentic AI can perform complex, multi-step tasks and automate entire workflows, making decisions across different systems.…
How AI Agents Are Reshaping eCommerce
AI agents are beginning to transform how we shop, how brands sell, and how the entire stack of online commerce operates. Whether it is Perplexity shopping or OpenAI’s partnership with Shopify that will let you check out straight from ChatGPT,…
AI Agents will change how we build websites and apps
Bots already account for nearly half of global web traffic. With the rise of large language model (LLM) agents, that number could reach 90% or more in the near future. But as the Economist puts it, the rise of the…
The “AI-First” Company: CEOs Signal a Paradigm Shift
Mark Zuckerberg predicts that AI will write most of Meta’s code in 12 to 18 moths. Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella said that AI is already writing 20%-30% of Microsoft’s code… but it’s not just coding that is getting automated. According…
Nano Unicorns in the Making
Until recently, the thought of scaling a company to $100 million in revenue meant building a BIG company with lots of employees. Rows of engineers, endless layers of middle managers, a large sales department and org charts that resembled a…
The Future of AI Value: Beyond Foundation Models
In October 2024, OpenAI raised $6.6 billion, valuing the company at $157 billion. Fast forward six months, and OpenAI is in talks of raising $40 billion, at a valuation of $340 billion. This week, Anthropic announced a $3.5 billion round,…