10+ emails in a lease negotiation turned out to be his AI talking to their AI
adamamcbride · x · 2026-09-14
While helping his wife's product company negotiate a new commercial lease, the author realized the 10+ back-and-forth emails were actually his AI talking to the other side's AI — the humans were just "the clunky middleman" who slowed things down and pressed send. A vivid real-world example of agents already negotiating with each other.
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