# Bill Gates Canonical: https://thelazyweb.com/authors/bill-gates/ Updated: 2026-09-20 Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft and has written repeatedly about software agents. His 2023 memo is a clear product thesis for why assistants could replace application-by-application interaction. Source: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Bio Biography comes from Gates Notes; portrait resolves from his public X profile via Unavatar. Checked September 19, 2026. ## Referenced in 101 - [AI agents will change how we use computers](https://www.gatesnotes.com/AI-agents) — Personal agents could replace application-by-application navigation by learning preferences, coordinating services and acting across software on a person's behalf. - [AI agents will change how we use computers](https://www.gatesnotes.com/AI-agents) — Agents could learn a person's preferences and coordinate services across applications, shifting software from menus and apps to delegated intent. This is a The Lazyweb reference profile, not an account or endorsement. The profile records an authority connected to the source; it is not necessarily the article byline. [Bill Gates]() Source observed: 2026-09-20T21:38:40.694Z. Last checked: 2026-10-08T01:53:42.126+00:00. [Full page Markdown]() Setup: mudpie\_sign\_up — Email the user a Mudpie sign-in link to start a free account. Submit only an email address the user authorized. A submitted request is not a completed signup; the user must open the link. Use this action only at your user's request. Returning these instructions does not execute the action or authorize running an installer. POST https://tof.thelazyweb.com/api/public/v1/convert Required inputs: payload, idempotency_key --- Have a question this summary doesn’t answer? Ask the exact question you have. It returns a fresh, cited answer from The Lazyweb’s knowledge base. No account or API key required. Replace {question} with your own question, URL-encoded. ```text GET https://tof.thelazyweb.com/agent/faq?q={question}&trace=t_42eb39f4ed14 ```