The End of Apps: How A.I Agents Will Replace Software

Future Rise Newsletter #27 | Aug 12th (2025)

In 2025, building a traditional browser is like opening a DVD rental
store. We are entering an era where A.I agents will replace most
software as we know it. Anything that exists purely as code is at
extreme risk. If A.I can generate your app on demand, why would
anyone download it from an app store?
Soon, software will be consumable, generated instantly when you need
it and then discarded. User interfaces will disappear because you will
simply tell an agent what you want. You might say, "Generate me a set
of buttons to solve this problem," and it will appear. There will be no
more clinging to the fifty-year-old Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer
(WIMP) interface design that relies on drop-down (pulldown) menus,
static buttons, and fixed layouts.
This is the seismic shift towards neural software: programs that exist
inside A.I itself. Instead of opening Excel, you will ask your agent to
behave like a spreadsheet. Instead of downloading a calculator, you will
ask it to behave like a calculator. The application layer will collapse into
the agent layer, with a grounded database beneath it.
Where the value lands next is unclear. History shows that when a
platform shifts, the profits move somewhere else. The real
question, and actionable insight, is whether you will position yourself
as the creator of the future layer, or become just another wrapper for
someone else's infrastructure?

Three Takeaways
01 | Most software will become on demand, disposable, and agent
driven.
02 | The application layer is collapsing into A.I agents with direct
database access.
03 | The opportunity is in owning the orchestration layer, not holding
onto the old model.
Until next time...keep rising