AI agents grabbing reservations mirrors high-frequency trading wars
omooretweets · x · 2026-08-25
High-value consumer markets with scarce inventory, like sneakers, tickets, and even restaurant or pickleball reservations, are already overrun by bots. As AI agents become ubiquitous, the competition for these resources is expected to resemble high-frequency trading, involving server colocation and micro-bidding using stablecoins to secure transactions.
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