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THE HORIZON

SECTION 20

ISSUE 001

PROJECTIONprovocation1-3yconfidence / low

Agent App Stores Need Liability

Projection: Marketplaces for third-party agents will need enforceable allocation of responsibility for permissions, data handling, failed actions, refunds, and downstream harm. Investment and platform growth create distribution, not accountability. Buyers gain protection only when published terms identify who pays, repairs, reports, and can be removed after failure.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

The cited captures document AI investment, enterprise agents, and workflow moats. They do not establish Agent App Stores Need Liability as a deployed mechanism. The adoption test is whether marketplaces publish enforceable responsibility for permissions, failures, refunds, data, and harm.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    Venture capital investments in artificial intelligence through 2025

    intergovernmental report / dated 2026-02 / retrieved 2026-07-09

  2. S02
    Economy | The 2026 AI Index Report

    academic index / dated 2026-04 / retrieved 2026-07-10

  3. S03
    Big Ideas 2026: Part 1

    investor thesis / dated 2025-12 / retrieved 2026-07-09

  4. S04
    The next phase of enterprise AI

    company disclosure / published 2026-04-08 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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