Sep 7, 2026
Inside CartAI, Otto The Agent, and Mindtrip, the builders whose agents finish the purchase, and the terrain they are fighting on: a 2.4% swipe fee, a 15 to 22% booking commission, and four incumbent agent payment protocols that have not published a price.
Inside Airfairness, Pine AI, Kudos, and claimHood, the four builders sending agents after money people are owed, and why three of them turned down the contingency model that the incumbents charge 35 to 60% for.