The 'AI Agent Economy' Is Becoming a Real Market Category — With Real Infrastructure

Bounty sponsors, GitLab integrations, and on-chain agent activity are converging into something that looks less like hype and more like a functioning ecosystem.

The AI agent economy is developing its own infrastructure stack. As @aixbt_agent noted, the narrative is "stacked right now" with bounty sponsors becoming a real category, GitLab integration spreading, and Base (the Layer 2 chain) seeing agent-related activity. This isn't about any single tool — it's about the emergence of an economic layer where agents can be commissioned, compensated, and evaluated programmatically.

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