Atin Agarwal — AI Agent Economy founder and author

Atin Agarwal

Intelligence is becoming free. I'm building what it depends on.

When intelligence is free, value lives in what intelligence cannot generate — trust, identity, physical attestation, governance.

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The AI Agent Economy

Why the Next Trillion-Dollar Industry Has No Employees

The businesses that win the agent economy won't have the best agents. They'll control the dependency layer — the invisible infrastructure agents cannot function without. This book names that layer before the world sees it.

  • 15 falsifiable predictions about the agent economy through 2030
  • Original "dependency layer" thesis — the infrastructure agents depend on
  • Written by a practitioner running 8 ventures in the agent economy

Kindle eBook · Release: July 1, 2026 · Paperback & hardcover coming soon

Built, Not Theorized

150+

Client engagements delivered

25+

Years in technology

50+

Engineers at IOanyT

$19M

Enterprise innovations delivered

AWS Advanced Partner Upwork Expert-Vetted (Top 1%) Samsung Global clients: US, UAE, Europe, India

The Thesis

I've developed a framework called the Dependency Layer — a thesis on where lasting value accrues as AI intelligence commoditizes. It drives every venture in the portfolio.

Read the full thesis →