Agent negotiated with global suppliers overnight, hardware prototype ships in 7 days
aarthir · x · 2026-09-11
Aarthi Ramamurthy shares a first-hand anecdote: overnight, her agent reached out to a batch of hardware/manufacturing suppliers worldwide, negotiated deals for various parts, and the first prototype is shipping in 7 days — work that would have taken weeks before. A rare real-world case of an agent autonomously handling genuine business negotiations rather than toy tasks.
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