Paul Graham
@paulg
Amazon banning agents is the first opportunity I've seen since Amazon was founded for a startup to create an Amazon competitor. People will want agents to buy stuff for them. It will be one of the main use cases. And they won't want to use some Amazon-supplied agent to do it.
1:47 AM UTC · Oct 8, 2026 · 5.6M Views
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Paul Graham
@paulg
Any business that bans agents represents an opportunity for a startup to create a competitor. If they need to ban agents, it must mean people want to use them, or there would be no point. And that in turn means there's demand for a competitor that allows them.
2:02 AM UTC · Oct 8, 2026 · 497.1K Views
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Paul Graham
@paulg
Your usage restrictions are my opportunity.
2:04 AM UTC · Oct 8, 2026 · 466.3K Views
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