Disintermediation by AI agents
Subject in Business
Disintermediation by AI agents has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including My First Million. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Shaan PuriEntrepreneur and investor, co-host of My First Million, former Twitch executive
Puri argued that an agent making purchase decisions would be a more powerful business model than Google's ad platform.
“That's even more powerful than the most powerful business model in the world so far, which has been the Google ad platform”
My First Million: We tested Instinct, MUSE and Grokbot. They’re ridiculous. (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 35:53
Puri said Amazon blocked Muse from shopping on Amazon because AI agents threaten to disintermediate trusted consumer brands.
“Amazon shut off access to Muse to be able to go buy stuff on Amazon”
My First Million: We tested Instinct, MUSE and Grokbot. They’re ridiculous. (Sep 30, 2026) · Listen from 30:47
Podcasts
- My First Million · 1 episode
Episodes
We tested Instinct, MUSE and Grokbot. They’re ridiculous.My First Million · Sep 30, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr compare new AI personal assistants Instinct, Muse and Grokbot, and discuss micro1, an OpenAI agent-swarm hack, regulation and rapid AI wealth creation.