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A Berkeley analysis describes AI platforms creating lock-in and gatekeeper power, but does not establish that frontier labs’ internal model policies push toward larger firms. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: From Coase to AI Agents: Why the Economics of the Firm Still Matters in the Age of Automation · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:8dc38432dd09c161c226267d7e1f29bf6122ef3fc1f17d927c66e766d0ac0678

The reliance on external platforms for deploying AI agents can create a new form of lock-in ... transforming the platform provider into a new kind of “gatekeeper” in the digital age.