Market
Capability is not a feature
The thing being traded in the agent economy is not software. Treating it like software is why most agent marketplaces read as app stores with worse search.
7 August 2026 · 6 min read
Vibestreet journal
New capabilities, market shifts and field notes from the people building across AI platforms.
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FeaturedWhat is changing now.
A curated selection of the ideas, products and market developments worth paying attention to.
A curated selection of the ideas, products and market developments worth paying attention to.
VibethonsField note
What domain experts know that builders don't
Across four Vibethons, the same pattern: the hard part was never the model. It was learning which exceptions actually matter.
29 July 2026 · 8 min read
Platforms
Why we stayed out of the model request
Every marketplace that proxies model traffic eventually becomes a bottleneck, a data risk and a margin story. We designed against all three.
22 July 2026 · 5 min read
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Explore the journalFive things we write about.
Each one exists because we keep being asked about it, not because it fills out a content calendar.
Each one exists because we keep being asked about it, not because it fills out a content calendar.
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Market
How agent capability is being created, distributed and bought.
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Vibethons
What teams are building, testing and learning inside each program.
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Builders
Stories from domain experts, creators and founders.
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Capabilities
Closer looks at emerging skills, knowledge, data and tools.
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Platforms
Changes in the tools and infrastructure shaping the market.
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From inside the buildWhat we learn while creating.
Practical lessons from Vibethons, marketplace development, founder support and conversations with buyers. Not predictions from the sidelines — evidence from the work.
Practical lessons from Vibethons, marketplace development, founder support and conversations with buyers. Not predictions from the sidelines — evidence from the work.
- VibethonsField note
What domain experts know that builders don't
Across four Vibethons, the same pattern: the hard part was never the model. It was learning which exceptions actually matter.
29 July 2026 · 8 min read
- MarketField note
Nobody knows how to price a capability yet
One-time, subscription, per-call — the market is running all three experiments at once. Here is what we are seeing work, and where.
1 July 2026 · 6 min read
- CapabilitiesField note
What we got wrong about discovery
We built search for people. Half the traffic was agents, and agents ask completely different questions.
24 June 2026 · 5 min read
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ArchiveEverything else.
- Capabilities15 July 2026 · 7 min
Verification that survives a platform move
A capability that is trusted on one platform and anonymous on the next has not really been verified. Portability is a trust problem before it is a technical one.
- Builders8 July 2026 · 9 min
The underwriter who became a founder
Marguerite spent twelve years writing credit policy. It took four days to find out what part of it an agent could actually use.
- Market1 July 2026 · 6 min
Nobody knows how to price a capability yet
One-time, subscription, per-call — the market is running all three experiments at once. Here is what we are seeing work, and where.
- Capabilities24 June 2026 · 5 min
What we got wrong about discovery
We built search for people. Half the traffic was agents, and agents ask completely different questions.
- Capabilities17 June 2026 · 4 min
Permission is the product
Buyers do not read documentation. They read the permissions list. It is the single most-viewed part of every listing we tested.
- Vibethons10 June 2026 · 7 min
Why hackathons stop at the demo
Nothing is wrong with the building. The problem is that the weekend ends before anyone has asked who would pay for it.
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Stay close to what is emerging.
New marketplace activity, upcoming Vibethons, partner programs and useful signals from across the agent economy.