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The times to choose an agent market include: running a multi-tenant agent platform where agents belong to different parties, agent capability and cost being private information, a competitive bottom expected to exist, and the ability to build observability for the auction and monitor collusive behavior; cases to avoid include: fewer than 5 agents with known capabilities, highly specialized prompts that only a single agent can handle, being unable to bear a 10-20% welfare loss, and lacking the infrastructure for real-time auctions and payment settlement.
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10/15/2026
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Valid until: 1/13/2027
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