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a16z just admitted something remarkable, they are scared about what AI agents will do to the internet economy.
Within five years, 10 to 20% of e-commerce transactions will be AI agent-driven. AI agents bypass ads entirely. They find the best product, verify the source, and buy directly. No clicks. No impressions. No sponsored results.
Google is already experiencing zero-click search, AI skipping web pages to deliver answers directly. If AI agents stop visiting publisher sites entirely, the advertising model that funds most of the internet collapses.
One a16z partner put it plainly. AI agents will be the end of web advertising as we know it.
And when asked what happens to journalism. I am scared about what this does to it.
The machine economy does not just pay for things differently. It does not need the infrastructure humans built to extract value from other humans.
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