Dennis Mortensen, founder and CEO of x.ai, explains how network effects occur when autonomous AI scheduling agents communicate with each other.
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“Whoever solves the software challenge will have this opportunity to take the market. It's a potential winner takes all, or certainly winner takes most, given the positive outcome of Amy speaking to Amy.”
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