"A new internet age is taking shape, and it's not about screens, clicks, or even swipes. It's about AI agents, autonomous software programs that act on your behalf, fetching deals, booking flights, managing workflows, and even paying for things, all without you lifting a finger. The architecture powering this agentic era is being built now, and Big Tech companies are vying to establish early technological footholds."
"According to Cantor Fitzgerald's latest Bytes report, the past six months have seen rapid advances in foundational protocols enabling these AI agents to operate across platforms. And like railroads and previous frontier innovations, the race is now on to define the rails of this new digital economy, and tech giants, including Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are laying the groundwork."
AI agents will perform tasks such as finding deals, booking flights, managing workflows, and making payments autonomously on users' behalf. Foundational protocols are being developed to enable these agents to operate across platforms and carry out transactions without direct human intervention. Major technology companies including Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are building protocol infrastructure and competing to establish early standards. Rapid advances in the past six months have accelerated the emergence of this agentic internet architecture. Whoever defines the protocols and standards is likely to secure ecosystem lock-in, capture long-term economics, and shape how transactions are authenticated and authorized.
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