Matt Shumer says AI agents now perform tasks startups sell, urges founders to build bigger
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Matt Shumer says on X that many startups sell products that AI agents can now perform on their own.
He tells founders that businesses built on those offerings will not survive, and urges them to build more ambitious work. The post names no specific startups, products, or agents, and gives no data on which tasks agents now handle or how many companies are affected.
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Matt Shumer@mattshumer_XMatt Shumer says agents now do tasks startups sellAIMatt Shumer says many startups sell products that AI agents can now perform on their own. He tells founders that businesses built on those offerings will not survive this era, and urges them to build more ambitious work instead.
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