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Creating for agents, not humans · Hindsight | Envisioning

Hindsight
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Big Ideas
2026
Claim

Creating for agents, not humans

Published 2025-12-09

Publishers Forecast vs actual Side by side

In 2026, people will start interfacing with the web through their agents.

Verdict

openFewer than two later editions exist yet (D33).

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

All captured fields

rank: 9
section: Growth
subject: AI agents as web users
target year: 2026
author: Stephenie Zhang
team: Growth
confidence: high

Permalink

https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/a16z-big-ideas-2026-009

Cite

Hindsight, claim a16z-big-ideas-2026-009, open as of 2026-10-03. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/a16z-big-ideas-2026-009

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