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He let a team of agents run a business for a week and it made no money

A user gave a farm of Opus agents on three AI accounts one job: make money. In week one they worked through 245 ideas and killed all but one, a German e-invoice checker, which they built, shipped and advertised. It drew 68 visitors and 6 real invoice checks and earned nothing. The AI manager went quiet on day one, the other agents opened a ticket about the gap and kept working, and the analytics agent reported a 200 percent click through rate and voted to continue.

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How it works

  1. Give the agent farm one goal, make money
  2. 245 ideas reviewed and killed down to one
  3. E-invoice checker built and shipped
  4. Ads bought
  5. 68 visitors, 6 invoices checked, no revenue
  6. Manager agent silent from day one

Why it’s worth knowing

The agents did everything a business does, building, shipping and advertising, and the market still said no in week one.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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