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I let an agent farm run a business for a week. It made $0.

He gave a farm of Opus 5.5 agents one job, make money, and mostly stayed out of it. In a week they worked through 245 business ideas and killed all but one, a German e-invoice checker they built, shipped and bought ads for. It got 68 visitors and checked 6 real invoices, and took in $0.

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How it works

  1. Set a farm of Opus agents loose with the goal of making money
  2. Agents generate and score business ideas
  3. They kill 244 of 245 ideas
  4. They build and ship a German e-invoice checker
  5. They buy ads
  6. 68 visitors and 6 invoices checked, no sales

Why it’s worth knowing

The agents were good at killing bad ideas and building the survivor. Nobody wanted the survivor.

Where it’s from

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

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