AI may turn today’s biggest platforms into suppliers

For 15 years, the internet rewarded one business model: own the customer relationship.

Google aggregated websites.
Amazon aggregated merchants.
Booking.com aggregated hotels.

The platform that controlled demand captured the value.

AI changes that equation.

When users ask an AI instead of searching Google, Google becomes a source, not a destination.

When an AI recommends a product directly, Amazon may no longer own discovery.

The interesting question isn't whether AI will compete with today's platforms.

It's whether AI will sit above them.

The next generation of dominant platforms may not aggregate websites, merchants, or hotels.

They may aggregate the aggregators.

Are AI assistants becoming the next platform layer, or will Google, Amazon, and others successfully absorb them into their existing ecosystems?

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