SPECIAL EPISODE: Ensh*ttification is coming to personal AI agents, from AdGentic

Retailgentic listeners: this week we're sharing an episode of AdGentic, our sister show in the ReFiBuy Media Network. Retailgentic covers how AI agents are changing shopping. AdGentic covers what happens to advertising when your agent does the shopping. If you like this one, subscribe to AdGentic for more. Personal AI agents feel magical right now, and part of the magic is what's missing: ads. Kiri Masters walks through how Google, Facebook, WhatsApp and Amazon all started clean and ended up ad-funded, why AI is following the same script, and why that might not be the worst outcome. The real question isn't whether ads come to your agent. It's how bad they'll be. In this episode: → The broken no-ads promises of Google, Facebook and WhatsApp → Ensh*ttification, and why ads are still the least-worst way to pay for consumer tech → Subscriptions vs fees vs ads, and why fees quietly turn into ads → What Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots and Instinct have said about making money → The ad formats starting to appear in AI, and the ones agents might borrow Chapters 00:25 Welcome to AdGentic 00:50 The magic of an ad-free agent 01:55 Every platform starts like this: Google 02:30 Facebook and the scarf 03:05 WhatsApp's "No Ads!" note 03:25 Amazon: the store became the content 04:00 Ensh*ttification 04:40 Why I'm an advertising maximalist 05:05 Three ways to pay for an app 06:20 How Muse, Dots and Instinct plan to make money 07:05 The problem with subscriptions 07:30 Why fees turn into ads 08:25 How bad will it be? 09:15 AI ad formats so far 09:55 Formats agents could borrow 10:25 Off-site: ads without ads 11:20 Kiri's wish list for Ad Santa 11:50 The dark scenario 12:30 Ads are the least worst Subscribe to AdGentic Substack: https://www.adgentic.ai/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adgentic-podcast Podcast: https://adgentic.transistor.fm/ 🧠 Want to stay ahead in AI commerce? Subscribe and follow along: 📰 Subscribe to the free Substack: retailgentic.ai 📺 Watch episodes on YouTube & Subscribe for updates: https://www.youtube.com/@Retailgentic