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Inside the firm the supply of intelligence is changing. What used to be scarce is becoming abundant. What used to sit quietly in the background is becoming the bottleneck. And the management model built for human-paced knowledge work is starting to break. That is the real significance of AI agents. This is not just a better tool for producing files, reports, code, or drafts. It is a new unit of production. And when the unit of production changes, the economics of the company change with it....

The attention economy has been pre-eminent for years. But a phase change happened in early 2026 that most haven't fully absorbed yet. The length of tasks AI agents complete with reliability has been doubling every seven months for six years [ METR ]. In March 2026 METR estimate AI can complete about 25mins of human equivalent work at 95% reliability (or 1hr at 80%). The past 12months has seen incredible growth. By comparison humans can give high vigilance attention for about 20 minutes, [...

We've all been there: 15 tabs open. Comparing prices across sites. Reading reviews. Checking availability. Coordinating delivery windows. It 's exhausting. What if you could delegate all of that to an assistant who knows your preferences and your needs, but never gets tired? That solution exists and it's called agentic commerce. Shopping is shifting from "I need to buy X" to "I need to solve Y": Not "find me a hotel", but "plan my anniversary trip" Not "buy furniture", but "furnish my...