Tolan CEO skeptical of standalone personal AI agents: 'We mistake new capabilities for new products'
ajaymehta · x · 2026-10-20
Tolan CEO Quinten Farmer told TBPN he's skeptical personal AI agents will become compelling standalone consumer products, arguing technologists cyclically "mistake new capabilities for new products."
On Meta's Muse, he's split: he thinks it will "crush it" with millions of small business owners on Facebook, but doubts his mom wants to talk to her Muse all day — "she doesn't want to really share her life with Zuck." That tension, he says, is why he's uncertain how the category will evolve.
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