The word that stayed with me most from Google I/O 2026 was agentic.

AI is no longer being framed as a tool waiting for commands. It is moving toward the age of agents — autonomous actors that can judge, decide, and act.

Brian Armstrong of Coinbase also made an interesting prediction: that the economy created by AI agents may one day become larger than human commerce itself.

If AI agents become independent economic participants, they will need more than bank accounts. They will need programmable payment rails, transparent authorization, verifiable reputation, and clear provenance of data and actions.

This is where blockchain and Web3 become deeply relevant.

When AI’s intelligence and execution run on transparent trust infrastructure, we may finally begin to see what a true agent economy looks like. I believe I am standing somewhere near the middle of that experiment.

At the same time, I often hear people compare models.

Claude is better. ChatGPT feels stronger. Gemini seems smarter. Codex is better for coding.

There are real differences, of course. But I think our relationship with AI may be closer to building trust with a good friend. First impressions matter, but what really builds trust is time, shared context, repeated experience, and the many moments we go through together.

In the end, the difference between those who use AI well and those who do not may not come only from understanding specs or features.

It may come from how deeply they have built Companion Experience, or CX, with AI.

Not as a simple user of a tool, but as someone growing alongside a companion.

The denser technology becomes, the heavier the trust beneath it must become. $TOWN