Paul Graham: Amazon Banning Agents Is Its First Real Startup Opportunity Since Founding
jdjohnson · x · 2026-10-08
Paul Graham argues Amazon's ban on shopping agents is the first opening for an Amazon competitor since its founding: people will want agents to buy things for them as a main use case, and won't settle for an Amazon-supplied agent.
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