320M Uber trips in Halloween week, only 4 booked by an agent: 'Agentic commerce is a mirage'
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-11-05
Citing fresh numbers, Eric Seufert argues agentic commerce is still a mirage: during Halloween week Uber and UberEats processed 320 million trips/orders, with only 500 orders placed through an agent and a mere 4 rides booked by one. The quoted reply quips those four users are probably all on Twitter.
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