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AI Agents & Autonomous Systems

Autonomous Agent Marketplaces: Building the Agent Economy

A sudden cluster of platform announcements and protocol launches in 2025 has pushed a once-theoretical idea—software agents buying, selling, and negotiating on behalf of people and businesses—into practical view. In short, autonomous agent marketplaces are emerging as places where organizations can acquire, compose, and monetise agent capabilities, and where agents may eventually transact with one another. This matters because commerce,…