Agents bidding against agents: LLMs can already infer willingness to pay, says analyst
venturetwins · x · 2026-09-08
The author envisions agent-to-agent marketplaces: your agent contacting the agents of people holding desirable reservations, tickets, or items, offering cash or trades. With enough context, LLMs are already smart enough to infer willingness to pay — buy or sell. The quoted tweet quips it's the Black Mirror episode of 1,000 agents fighting over the same 7pm table.
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