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AI monetization shifts to Daily Active Agents

The guest argued that the primary metric for AI success is shifting from Daily Active Users (DAU) to Daily Active Agents (DAA), enabling a transition to outcome-based, profit-sharing monetization models.

The argument

Because AI agents can plan and complete complex tasks rather than just serving as tools, enterprises are willing to pay based on results or cost savings. The guest noted this shifts the sales process directly to CEOs (who control business budgets) rather than CIOs/CTOs (who manage cost centers).

The thesis, stress-tested
✓ What validates it
  • Growth in Baidu's reported Daily Active Agents (DAA) metrics
  • An increase in enterprise revenue derived from profit-sharing or outcome-based contracts
▸ Risks discussed
  • Client willingness to share profits may vary by industry
  • High initial development costs for specialized agent tasks
Hear it yourself
"However, in the recent conference, our chairman and founder of by Do, Robin mentioned, as in based on his leadership, that DAA, which is a daily active agents are the new kind of matrix to defining the success of agents."
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