Jon Stojan

Artificial intelligence is taking on a growing role in social media moderation.

Starting a business can now require fewer resources than it once did. What once might have taken a team of employees, specialized expertise, and a significant upfront investment can increasingly be done by a single person with an idea and the right tools.

Agentic Page has now been installed by nearly 2,000 Shopify merchants, as merchants increasingly track AI-driven product discovery and referrals. The rapid rise of personal AI agents is beginning to change how consumers shop. Meta's recently launched Muse is one example of this shift. Muse is designed to take action on behalf of users and can make purchases with user approval. Meta has also expanded Muse's commerce connections, including access to Shopify's catalog and support for payment options such as Shop Pay and PayPal.

A US tech entrepreneur does not need to relocate to Italy simply because their company is expanding there. But as operations grow, short visits may no longer be enough for meetings, hiring, partnerships, and overseeing local activity.

AI agents now do real work. They interact with software, call tools, retrieve information, update records, and carry out multi-step tasks with limited human involvement. As companies give these systems more autonomy, software reliability is becoming about more than whether an application stays online.

Roofing and exterior contractors are not short on software. A growing contractor typically runs some mix of a CRM, a measurement tool, an accounting system, a supplier ordering portal, and a payment processor. What’s missing is the layer that can help tie those tools together.

There are plenty of things you expect to give up when you move into a college dorm, like privacy, home-cooked meals, and the ability to shower without wearing flip-flops. But a good night’s sleep shouldn’t be one of them. For Sleepyhead founder Steven Van Alen, an uncomfortable dorm mattress became more than a college inconvenience. It sparked an idea.

For most of the generative AI era, the industry's biggest question has been which model will win.