🚀 **a16z: Can Agents Use a Computer Yet? We've Got the Data**

a16z surveyed operators running computer-use agents in production and found the leap from demo to deployable happened fast.
• Best models jumped from **42%** to **85%** task success on the OSWorld-Verified benchmark in a year — above the ~72% human baseline.
• Running an agent costs roughly **$6–8/hour**, break-even with offshore BPO (~$10/hr) and a 70–80% margin vs. US back-office labor (~$30–45/hr).
• The moat is shifting from the model to context — verification, escalation, and company-specific workflow knowledge now separate winners from demos.

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