The Future of E-commerce Is Bot-commerce: Consumer Agents Negotiating With Merchant Agents
AccBalanced · x · 2026-09-07
AccBalanced argues the future of e-commerce is obviously "bot-commerce" — consumer agents negotiating directly with provider agents. He contends incumbent inertia will add friction and incumbents will lose, a take echoing the ongoing push toward agentic payment and protocol layers.
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