A look at the promise of AI agents as a way for companies to monetize models; PitchBook: AI agent startups raised $8.2B over the last 12 months, up 81.4% YoY
Humans have automated tasks for centuries. Now, AI companies see a path to profit in harnessing our love of efficiency, and they've got a name for their solution: agents. Threads: @kylie.robison . Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @spirosmargaris . LinkedIn: Ben Waber . Forums: r/technology Threads: Kylie Robison / @kylie.robison : I wrote about how everyone is building AI “agents” as companies hope that this *might* provide a way to monetize powerful, expensive AI models. https://www.theverge.com/... [image] Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : The dream of autonomous AI agents is an old one. Bill Gates was optimistic they were around the corner in his 1995 book, The Road Ahead and almost 30 years later, it's still an unfulfilled dream. — I expect we will need more advances in technology than LLMs before we will have AI agents you can tell to go perform a task with real life repercussions without supervision. … X: Spiros Margaris / @spirosmargaris : Agents are the future AI companies promise and desperately need https://www.theverge.com/... @kyliebytes @verge LinkedIn: Ben Waber : “So, if AI agents aren't yet very useful, why is the idea so popular? In short: market pressures. These companies are sitting on powerful … Forums: r/technology : Agents are the future AI companies promise — and desperately need / And they're betting you'll pay for it.