# Agent-led growth 101

Canonical: https://thelazyweb.com/101/agent-led-growth/
Updated: 2026-09-20
Curator: Ali Abouelatta (https://thelazyweb.com/authors/ali-abouelatta/)

How discovery, evaluation, buying and product use change when software agents become a source of demand instead of merely another acquisition channel.

**TL;DR:** Agent-led growth means earning selection inside agent workflows. Make the product legible and useful to agents, support verifiable transactions, and measure voluntary execution—not crawler traffic, registration or demos—as adoption.

## See the distribution shift

These readings explain why assistants and agents could become a new layer between customers and products—and where that layer gains power.

### [AI agents will change how we use computers](https://www.gatesnotes.com/AI-agents)

Authority: [Bill Gates](https://thelazyweb.com/authors/bill-gates/)

**TL;DR:** Personal agents could replace application-by-application navigation by learning preferences, coordinating services and acting across software on a person's behalf.

**What you'll read:** A platform thesis spanning personal life, work, health and education, plus the privacy and market questions an agent layer creates.

### [AI and the Big Five](https://stratechery.com/2023/ai-and-the-big-five/)

Authority: [Ben Thompson](https://thelazyweb.com/authors/ben-thompson/)

**TL;DR:** AI changes the strategic position of major platforms according to their control of models, clouds, distribution, devices and existing user demand.

**What you'll read:** A platform-by-platform analysis that helps founders ask

[Agent-led growth 101](<https://www.thelazyweb.com/101/agent-led-growth/>)

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