Commerce & Finance · Projected milestone
Agent-run commerce
Estimated year~2045
30% by 2050 · including earlier years
The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.
AI agents negotiate and transact most business deals.
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Milestone stage: milestone (legacy definition)
Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.
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- AI shopping agentsRecorded · 2025enables
- Payment protocols for AI agentsRecorded · 2025enables
- AI societiesRecorded · 2026enables
- AI drafts most contractsForecast · ~2027enables
- Expert-level general AIForecast · ~2028enables
- Insured delegated-agent commerceForecast · ~2029enables
- Agents negotiate ad dealsForecast · ~2031enables
- Self-organising agent economiesForecast · ~2036enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.