The AI-Empowered Customer

14 Oct 2026
Think Tanks
Think Tanks
Customers are no longer navigating journeys alone. AI agents increasingly compare, shortlist, negotiate, and transact on their behalf. Discovery is fragmenting across assistants, feeds, and embedded environments • How AI agents and non-human browsing are reshaping discovery and decision-making • Optimising for machine-mediated intent, not just human UX • Maintaining relevance when filtered through third-party intelligence layers • The shift from traffic acquisition to algorithmic visibility