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Stratechery · October 2, 2026 · 22m 52s

(Preview) All About Agents: Dots Arrive, Google and Apple Questions, Muse Follow-Ups, Super Intelligence, and the Mandate of Heaven

Ben Thompson and Andrew Sharp discuss whether personal AI agents will become a winner-take-all market, what Apple and Google can do in the consumer agent space, and whether mainstream users will adopt agents more slowly than expected. They also examine Meta's push into the enterprise and whether it broke the company's recent momentum. The episode moves through listener emails on payments, superintelligence branding, America.gov, and firing Dario Amodei, then closes with an AI Show & Tell touching adoption shifts, movie games, personalized sports pages, App Store friction, and messaging.

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Preview

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Personal Agents and Winner-Take-All Dynamics
Ben and Andrew discuss whether personal agents will consolidate into a winner-take-all market.
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Apple and Google in the Consumer Agent Space
They examine what Apple and Google can do in the consumer agent market.

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