In a world racing toward full AI integration, the website as we know it may soon disappear.
A new Fast Company analysis reveals that generative AI and autonomous “agents” are poised to overhaul how websites function, how companies fund AI infrastructure—and even how global power grids are built.
AI Agents Will Reshape the Internet
At OpenAI’s DevDay 2025, executives previewed a future where websites no longer rely on fixed menus or static pages. Instead, users will talk directly to intelligent agents that instantly build customized pages or responses.
“Freestanding websites will likely still exist, but they might look and work very differently when powered by large language models and agents,” writes Fast Company’s Mark Sullivan.
During a live demo, OpenAI’s Christina Huang created an AI “concierge” in under eight minutes, showing how an agent could build a personalized conference schedule for a user in real time. Future websites may function more like living AI assistants — dynamic, adaptive, and voice-driven — rather than static content hubs.
The Circular Money Loop Behind AI’s Boom
Sullivan also highlights what analysts call AI’s “circular funding loop”: tech giants are financing each other to sustain the chip and cloud arms race. Nvidia’s $100 billion investment in OpenAI gives it guaranteed chip sales and a 2% equity stake, while OpenAI uses that money to buy Nvidia hardware.
The pattern repeats:
- Microsoft invested $10 billion in OpenAI — then earned it back as Azure cloud sales.
- AMD signed a $300 billion chip supply deal granting OpenAI a 10% stake option.
- Nvidia is now investing $2 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI, tied to GPU purchases.
“These circular deals risk inflating valuations across the same group of players,” warns Morningstar analyst Brian Colello, calling the model “a web of mutual promises that assumes AI will eventually justify its cost.”
BlackRock Bets Big on Data Centers and Energy
Meanwhile, BlackRock is preparing to spend nearly $80 billion across two mega-deals: buying Aligned Data Centers for roughly $40 billion and utility giant AES for another $38 billion. The asset manager’s moves underscore the industry’s obsession with AI power infrastructure, as data centers now consume energy equivalent to small nations.
Aligned recently raised $12 billion to expand globally, and its new partnership with BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners could reshape the energy-AI nexus. The report notes that OpenAI’s “Stargate” project alone will require over 20 gigawatts of capacity—roughly equal to the output of 20 nuclear reactors.
The Bigger Picture
From OpenAI’s evolving platform to BlackRock’s energy empire, AI is no longer just a tech story — it’s the blueprint for a new digital economy. As Sullivan concludes, “Massive investments are pouring into data centers and power grids because AI is not just changing the way we compute — it’s changing what we build, where we live, and how the web itself will think.”