Personal agents won't be killed by Claude Duet; they'll diversify
The author argues personal agents compete on trust and personality, people will use several vertical ones, and he built his own with Pi Durable while testing dots, Muse and Grok Bot.
Anthropic just destroyed all proactive agent startups. That's what you'll see on your timeline. That couldn't be further from the truth. Personal agents, unlike other agent types, will exist in different flavors and personalities. It's nice that Claude Duet runs on Opus 5.5. Unlike other agent types, people will really think carefully about which personal agent to pick. Here, people think more carefully about trust, personality, intent understanding, continual learning, etc. The best personal agent is the one you can trust, not just the fastest one that gets the work done effectively. But I think people will use multiple personal agents for different types of tasks/work. I think we are about to see an explosion of vertical personal agents. Which one do I use? I am still testing a bunch of them (dots, Muse, and Grok Bot). But I have actually just built my own with Pi Durable. I like mine better because it is hyper-personalized to how I use personal agents.
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