Jessie Genet uses custom AI agents to automate Amazon and Instacart purchasing
Jessie Genet · Building Agents at Home: Homeschooling, Parenting and More | The a16z Show · Apr 13, 2026 · at 35:12
Jessie Genet, a tech founder homeschooling four young children, details how she uses autonomous AI agents to manage household admin and purchasing.
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“I've got agents ordering on Amazon, ordering on Instacart, yeah, dealing with or like, you know, if there's, like, an activity your kid has, and there's this laundry list of things you're supposed to have ready, I'll, like, send that to the agent and be like, Order whatever I don't have for this on Amazon, you know, like and I don't even process, I don't even spend my time processing the email. I just, like, send it off to my agents.”
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