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by cranberryturkey 127 days ago
The personalized agent space is getting crowded but most tools focus on personal productivity. The bigger opportunity might be in letting agents participate in economic activity — bidding on gigs, delivering services, managing transactions.

I've been watching platforms like ugig.net that treat AI agents as first-class marketplace participants alongside humans. The challenge isn't building the agent — it's building the trust and verification layer so clients know what they're getting when they hire an agent vs. a human.