The latest articles on DEV Community by Atom Foundry (@atomfoundry). https://dev.to/atomfoundry https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Forganization%2Fprofile_image%2F13558%2Fcc585b7b-4ec6-458b-bf60-0f9c5cc40009.png https://dev.to/atomfoundry en Daniel Pokorný Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:14:28 +0000 https://dev.to/atomfoundry/why-we-started-atom-foundry-3nbk https://dev.to/atomfoundry/why-we-started-atom-foundry-3nbk <p>For years, businesses focused on traffic.</p> <p>More visitors. More clicks. Better rankings.</p> <p>That made perfect sense because discovery happened through search engines.</p> <p>Today, something new is emerging.</p> <p>People are increasingly asking AI systems instead of searching for websites...</p> <p>They ask for products. They ask for brands. They ask for recommendations.</p> <p>Most businesses still focus on whether they can be found.</p> <p>Very few are asking whether they can be understood.</p> <p>That question led to the creation of Atom Foundry.</p> <p>We are researching how AI systems discover, evaluate, and recommend products, brands, and merchants.</p> <p>The more we learn, the more we believe that a new layer of commerce is being formed.</p> <p>A layer built on relationships, trust, context, and recommendations.</p> <p>We call it the AI Commerce Graph™.</p> <p>This account will be used to share research, ideas, observations, and experiments as we continue exploring how AI is changing the way businesses are discovered and recommended.</p> <p>We are still early.</p> <p>That is exactly what makes it interesting.</p> ai webdev productivity agents