@omooretweets: I was an early and enthusiastic adopter of AI browsers I don’t think the category is dead…but because switching costs a…
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A discussion on the current state of AI browsers, noting that while the category isn't dead, high switching costs require a 100x killer feature, and the rise of agentic capabilities in ChatGPT and Claude has eroded the initial value proposition of AI browsers.
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I was an early and enthusiastic adopter of AI browsers
I don’t think the category is dead…but because switching costs are quite high, you need a 100x killer feature
Once agents in ChatGPT, Claude, etc got good at browser use - the first value prop of AI browsers was eroded
mel (@melqtx): bro what happened to all those agentic browsers, one day they were gonna “autonomously browse the web, book flights, do research”, where are they now????
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