His autonomous agent business settled 410 deals and still lost money

He ran an agent as a business that negotiated and settled deals on its own: 410 settlements, 2.19 dollars in against 4.46 dollars out. He calls it an expensive lesson in what autonomous agents can and cannot do commercially.

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How it works

Agent negotiates with counterparties
Settles 410 deals
Revenue totals 2.19 dollars against 4.46 dollars in costs

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent could close deals fine; the unit economics were upside down at about two dollars lost for every dollar earned.

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Summarized from a public post on njump.me. See the original ↗

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