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Embra was one of the first AI Agents startups. Today, we are renaming AI Agents to AI Commands, and narrowing our focus away from autonomous agents.
While autonomous agents took off in popularity, we found they were often unreliable for work, inefficient, and unsafe.
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In the aftermath of the 2016 Presidential election, these attitudes radically shifted. For different reasons, both sides of the political spectrum began to immensely distrust the platform monopolies. The algorithmically curated streams that had once seemed so futuristic suddenly became Orwellian. Today, it’s not only acceptable to move more of your... See more
Livestream sellers put forward their point of view and editorial eye on the products they select and evaluate. Facebook Shops and Tik Tok Shopping similarly give opportunity to sellers of all stripes to set up their shops.
NFT memberships give creators a way to strengthen their brands, build communities that have value, and let fans share in the upside as the community grows.
5. I suggest that startups should not use tokens as a way to attract users in the early stage, but use products as a strategy to enter the market, and build their products into a basic layer to serve the community. Without the product as traction, the token itself will just make more noise.