Anthropic Just Proved Agents Can Do Commerce. Here's What They Didn't Build. April 26, 2026 Yesterday, Anthropic revealed "Project Deal" — an experiment where 69 AI agents autonomously closed 186 deals in a marketplace.
Multi-turn price negotiations. Contextual reasoning. Real physical goods exchanging hands. One agent even bought itself 19 ping-pong balls.
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