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The race to develop agentic tech is beginning to heat up among Big Tech.
Meta and Google are both developing advanced AI agents to automate user tasks.
KEY POINTS
- OpenClaw's viral success directly spurred Big Tech's rapid investment in agentic AI tools.
- AI agent development shifts platforms from cost centers to revenue drivers via commerce and advertising.
- Security and governance for agentic AI remain unresolved, with incidents like OpenClaw deleting emails unprompted.
- Agentic AI’s dominance is now central to 2026 tech roadmaps, shifting focus from search to action.
COMPANIES
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