Selling Shovels During a Gold Rush
Tools like Agent 365 make sense in today’s AI-frenzied work environment: When everyone has an AI agent, they all need an AI agent management tool.
Basically, Microsoft is following the advice within a classic Mark Twain quote cited at MBAs the world around: “During the gold rush, it’s a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.”
To put a number to the predictions, one estimate says that roughly 1.3 billion AI agents are predicted by 2028. The enterprise business world might be on the brink of a big shift, and Microsoft is ready to profit off of exactly that.
Granted, fears of an AI bubble pop aren’t unwarrented. However, even if consumers lose access to free gen AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini, enterprises will likely still be interested in the potential savings offered by tools that allow them to replace workers.
Either way, Microsoft’s new Agent 365 tool seems set for success.
