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Crypto· May 09, 2026 at 01:00 PM

AI Agents as Independent Economic Actors Is ‘Not a Stretch’ for 5-Year Timeline, According to Andreessen Horowitz

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Andreessen Horowitz closed its fifth crypto fund with a thesis that sounds like science fiction: autonomous AI agents holding crypto wallets, earning income, paying for compute and operating as independent economic actors within five years. The Self-Sustaining Agent Thesis The pitch described agents generating value “by creating services, by writing software, by creating content, by ... AI Agents as Independent Economic Actors Is ‘Not a Stretch’ for 5-Year Timeline, According to Andreessen Horow

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