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AI agents aren’t just for writing emails anymore; they’re about to become your personal shopper and your software developer.
I was listening to the latest Forward Future Live show and my jaw just about hit the floor. The experts on the show and their incredible guests laid out a vision of the near future that is absolutely wild. This AI professional shared some mind-blowing insights on how agents are fundamentally changing commerce and software creation.
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The biggest takeaway is that specialized AI agents are rapidly moving from being fun novelties to professional-grade tools. They’re starting to automate incredibly complex tasks that used to be a huge pain, like online shopping and building full-stack applications.
Here’s what you need to know.
Agentic Commerce is Here
I was blown away by this. The head of AI at Stripe explained that they’re pioneering something called the “Agentic Commerce Protocol.” Imagine telling ChatGPT to buy you Halloween costumes from Etsy, and it just does it, securely and instantly. That’s what’s happening now.
The Problem: We all hate the endless tabs, logins, and checkout forms. Agents can handle all that for us.
The Solution: The expert detailed how Stripe is partnering with OpenAI, Etsy, and Shopify to make this a reality. They’re using a new “shared payment token” that securely processes payments without exposing your full card details to the agent. This minimizes the risk of prompt injection attacks trying to steal your info.
The Impact: This isn’t just about convenience. The contributor explained it gives small businesses on platforms like Etsy direct access to hundreds of millions of users inside chat apps. It completely changes the game for discovery.
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Vibe Coding Just Got a Serious Upgrade
Next, the creator of Bolt.new talked about how building apps with simple text prompts, what he calls “vibe coding,” is no longer just a toy. This is a huge development for anyone with an idea but no coding skills.
From Toy to Tool: This innovator revealed that his company almost failed before AI models got good enough. Now, their platform (Bolt V2) integrates professional-grade coding agents like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex. This allows a non-developer to build a truly sophisticated, scalable app from a single prompt.
The New Creator Economy: The mind behind it predicts a future with 100 million new software creators. These won’t be traditional engineers; they’ll be product managers, designers, and entrepreneurs who can now bring their ideas to life directly. According to the post’s author, the role of engineers will shift to auditing the AI’s work and managing the overall architecture.
Specialized Models Will Win
Finally, the CEO of Red Hat made a super compelling case that the future isn’t one giant “omni-model” that does everything. It’s going to be thousands of smaller, specialized models.
Efficiency is Everything: This industry pro argued that while massive models are great for figuring out what’s possible, they’re way too expensive for most real-world business tasks. You don’t need a trillion-parameter model to handle a specific customer service query.
The “Game of Pennies”: He called inference costs a “game of pennies.” The real unlock for businesses will be using smaller, fine-tuned models that are hundreds of times cheaper and faster for a specific job. This is what makes AI profitable and scalable, especially for use cases at the edge, like in factories or cars.
This is just a small slice of what they covered. The full episode is packed with more on Sora 2 and the future of the internet.
You have to check out the full discussion to get the whole picture!
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