AI connectors could spark the next App Store-style boom. Here's how they work.

Connectors are essentially keys to specific internet applications for AI agents.

Meta's Muse is a big test that could revolutionize browsing, like Apple's App Store.

Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images Connectors are all the rage in Silicon Valley.

They're like a set of keys for AI agents.

They help complete tasks with more accuracy.

They could spawn an App Store-like internet remodel — if businesses let agents use their services.

The next phase of the internet could rely on a new set of keys for AI agents.

They're called connectors.

Connectors are links that let an agent — with a user's permission —use an internet service.

For example, if someone wants to make dinner plans through an AI assistant, the agent could use a calendar connector to check when everyone is free and a restaurant reservation connector to find a table.

After the user approves, it could make the booking.

The internet-key-like tool keeps the AI agents cleanly focused on a single task, like getting that perfect dinner reservation.

A connector often runs on a service's API, the underlying technical doorway that lets software applications communicate with each other.

Silicon Valley executives are sounding increasingly bullish on the idea that connectors could be the next gigantic internet shift.