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Agentic commerce is slow to catch on

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Angelo, J. (2026, November 10). Agentic commerce is slow to catch on. Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/article/11/10/2026/agentic-commerce-is-slow-to-catch-on

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Semafor · collected 2026-11-10 · by Jake Angelo

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Silicon Valley companies have seen lower-than-expected adoption of AI agents for everyday tasks such as booking travel and ordering food. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky noted very low numbers of bookings by Meta’s AI agents, while DoorDash has received only several hundred orders from personal AI assistants. This slow uptake suggests that the widespread use of these agents might be delayed, potentially validating decisions by companies like Amazon to restrict access for such bots due to their inability to generate revenue through targeted advertising as human users do.
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As of November 10, 2026, Silicon Valley is experiencing a reality check with the slow adoption of AI agents for everyday tasks. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky reported "very, very low numbers" of bookings made by Meta’s AI agents Muse and Instinct, while DoorDash CEO Tony Xu stated that their platform has received only "maybe several hundred orders in total" from personal AI assistants. This indicates a much slower adoption rate than anticipated, with Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel suggesting that the uptake of these horizontal personal agents may be more sluggish than expected. The slow acceptance challenges Silicon Valley's assumptions about how regular people use technology and could validate decisions by large retailers like Amazon to restrict access for AI agents due to difficulties in monetizing them compared to human users.

Written for “Agentic Commerce Slowdown” on 2026-11-12, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
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Agentic Commerce Slowdown
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Topics

Airbnb DoorDash Instinct Meta Muse

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Airbnb ORG · 1× Amazon ORG · 1× Booking Holdings ORG · 1× Brian Chesky PERSON · 1× DoorDash ORG · 1× Glenn Fogel PERSON · 1× Meta ORG · 1× Tony Xu PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said Friday that the site was seeing “very, very low numbers” of bookings by Meta’s Muse and Instinct AI agents, while DoorDash has received “maybe several hundred orders in total” from personal AI assistants, CEO Tony Xu said.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-11
Silicon Valley’s bet that billions of agents will be out ordering food, booking travel, and filling up their humans’ shopping carts is running into an (admittedly early) reality check.
2026-11-11 · Semafor
Agentic commerce is slow to catch on · mixed framing

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Silicon Valley’s bet that billions of agents will be out ordering food, booking travel, and filling up their humans’ shopping carts is running into an (admittedly early) reality check. asserted
billions → order → check
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said Friday that the site was seeing “very, very low numbers” of bookings by Meta’s Muse and Instinct AI agents, while DoorDash has received “maybe several hundred orders in total” from personal AI assistants, CEO Tony Xu said. asserted
Xu → say → assistants
“The adoption of these horizontal personal agents may be much slower than is anticipated,” Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel said. uncertain
Fogel → anticipate → agents
That could validate decisions by big retailers like Amazon to block agents, whose robot eyeballs can’t be monetized the same way humans’ can. uncertain
eyeballs → validate → agents
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