What happens to Amazon's ad business when AI agents do the comparison shopping?
firstadopter · x · 2026-09-22
Investor firstadopter posted two connected questions: what are the implications of Meta's Muse, and what happens to Amazon's ad business if consumers start using personal AI agents to comparison shop and buy on their behalf? If purchase decisions shift from human browsing to agent-mediated transactions, the attention-based logic of e-commerce advertising could be upended.
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