With Episode 6 of The Coordinate, we are taking the podcast to a whole new level by kicking off a series on post-AGI economics.
Recently, there has been a sharp rise in discussions around agents engaging in commercial activity, with some even projecting that agentic commerce could eventually eclipse the human-based commerce we know today.
But many of these conversations stop short of exploring the deeper question: how do markets need to be designed or redesigned to accommodate our silicon-based counterparts?
To unpack the nuances of agentic commerce and the market design it will require, Sreeram Kannan and I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with the one and only Scott Kominers, Professor at Harvard Business School and Research Partner at A16Z.
What began as a planned 90-minute recording session turned into a 3 hour conversation in aggregate, so we decided to split the episode into two parts. Today, we’re releasing Part 1.
In part 1, we cover:
• what market design is in plain English
• why prices alone are often not enough
• how Uber, Airbnb, food delivery, and auctions reveal deeper market structure
• stable matching and the medical residency match
• privacy, transparency, and information in markets
• why crypto and AI could transform agentic commerce
If you’re curious about market design and the future of agentic commerce, this episode is for you.
This is Part 1 of Episode 6 of TheCoordinate. Hope you enjoy it!
