Agents are picking the vendor now.

In his 20VC recap Jason Lemkin reports a Replit build accumulated 448 open items in its task queue, forcing Linear adoption to track agent-generated work, an overhead category he'd previously skipped (SaaStr). His agents refused to use anything but Clay for initial enrichment, which changed the purchasing decision. He also notes conflicting guardrails produce unpredictable choices, citing a $100 spend cap losing to a "theater matters most" rule and buying $5,000 tickets.