Half the AI Agent Market Is One Category. The Rest Is Wide Open.

kept by eddie feb 23

Software engineering accounts for half of AI agent usage, leaving healthcare, legal, and other verticals as greenfield opportunities for founders to build domain-specific agents.

The Copy and the Guru – On my Om
The author argues that digital twins of thought leaders represent the final abstraction of an already curated self, replacing authentic encounters with static archives.
also on Aaron Levie, #ai-agents
How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout - WSJ
Google's Gemini 3 surpassed ChatGPT on industry benchmarks, validating internal confidence and impressing early testers like Box's CEO.
also on Aaron Levie
Stop building Foxconn factories for your agents (via @garrytan)
Garry Tan built a 500k-line Rails app but now realizes pride in code volume is misguided.
also on Garry Tan, #startups, #software-engineering
When Will They Take Our Jobs?
Even if AI capabilities continue advancing, human employment may persist for 10-20 years during the 'Cyborg Era' but will eventually end as AI becomes superior, though premature policy interventions to protect jobs should be avoided.
also on Garry Tan, Claude Code
When AI builds itself \ Anthropic
Anthropic presents internal data showing AI systems now write 80% of its code and accelerate research, trending toward autonomous recursive self-improvement.
also on METR, Claude, Claude Code, Anthropic, #ai-agents, #software-engineering