• Consumer AI agents are gaining mainstream adoption, with subsidized inference costs and improved usability helping overcome earlier product limitations.
• Meta's Muse surpassed 10 million US downloads within 40 days, reaching 2.5 million daily active users in mid-October.
• More than a quarter of Muse users shop through the agent, with average purchases exceeding $200.
• Instinct raised $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation; its annual transaction volume is on pace to reach about $1 billion.
• High operating costs challenge profitability, with one outside estimate putting Muse's hardware costs at roughly $28 per user, excluding model inference.

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