A startup called JustPaid basically let a squad of AI agents take over their engineering department to see if they could actually build real products without constant human hand-holding.
- 7 AI agents shipped 10 major features in only 30 days.
- Used OpenClaw as the brain and Claude Code as the hands.
- Actually hired a human dev who got trained by the AI.
- Burned through 4000 dollars a week in tokens during the peak.
- Human founders now spend time managing agent "personalities" and workflows.
- The agents even have their own names and join Zoom calls.
Do you guys think we are heading toward a "founder plus agents" model for every new startup?
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