If SORs don't adapt to agents, a new platform layer will be built on top of them
matt_slotnick · x · 2026-09-10
Continuing his thesis on agents vs. systems of record: if SORs don't provide the platform requirements agents need, the agent layer above will define them, spawning an entirely new platform player mediating between agents and existing systems — just as agents spawned new data stores like turbopuffer. SORs haven't evolved for agent-native usage patterns yet.
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