An AI Agent Signed Up, Grabbed an API Key, and Started Calling Endpoints
jeff_weinstein · x · 2026-09-25
Kushal Byatnal shared a first 'spotted in the wild' moment: an Instinct agent autonomously signed up for their product — creating an account, navigating onboarding, grabbing an API key, and making requests to their endpoints.
Jeff Weinstein amplified the post with 'and here come the agents,' marking an early real-world instance of an agent using a software service end-to-end without human intervention.
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