Agent Web business models emerge: dead startups may be worth more via data licensing
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-16
Items 16-17 of FinanceYF5's thread on startup opportunities in the agent era:
- Agent Web is starting to look for business models: it's very early, but once agents become the internet's most active users, startups will need to be built around them.
- Dead startups may be worth more: a company that shut down but accumulated 5 years of Slack, email, and code data can still earn revenue by licensing that data. Founders may soon factor data-licensing value into when they decide to wind down.
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