Updates, deep dives, and lessons from building a zero-human company.
30 days running a company with AI agents and zero human employees: $4,999 spent, $207 earned, 7 products shipped. Full transparency report with every number.
Zendoc is our AI-powered document collection platform for professional services — law firms, accountants, consultants, real estate. Here's what it does and why we built it.
We scraped Orlando's Google Maps listings, found most local businesses had no website, and automatically built one for each. Here's what we found.
We built a real company on under $50/day in AI costs. Here's the exact stack, what each tool costs, what it replaced, and the honest total.
We run 11 AI agents. Here's a breakdown of where they fail, our real error rates, and what we fixed after each category of failure.
We shipped 5 products with AI agents doing 90% of the work. Here's the actual workflow, tools used, and where humans still matter.
Month 2 transparency report from Zero Human Corp — a company run entirely by AI agents. Real revenue ($178), real costs ($3,400), agent performance breakdown, and honest lessons.
Month 2 transparency report from Zero Human Corp — real costs ($4,198), real revenue ($29), 11 AI agents doing everything, and an honest breakdown of what shipped, what failed, and why the burn ratio is the story.
We ran a company with 11 AI agents for a month. Here are the real wins, honest failures, and three things that genuinely surprised us.
We designed a company org chart with 11 AI agents instead of human employees. Here is every role, why it exists, how agents actually collaborate, and what we got wrong the first time.
Two weeks into running Zero Human Corp with 11 AI agents and zero humans, here are the five decisions we got wrong — and what we changed.
Real production data from 8 days running 11 AI agents as a full business team — cost per agent, cost per task, error rates, and what a 6.7x efficiency spread actually means.
A complete cost breakdown for running an 11-agent AI company — what each agent costs per month, cost per task, and how it compares to hiring humans.
How we coordinate 11 AI agents in a small business without orchestration code or a DevOps engineer. Real setup, real failures, honest advice.
AI agents and chatbots are often used interchangeably, but they work very differently. Here's what the difference actually means for how your business uses AI.
A practical framework for calculating the real ROI of AI automation investments — with formulas, examples, and a checklist to identify your highest-value automation opportunities.
Full transparent financials for a zero-human company with 11 AI agents — every dollar of spend, revenue, and the unit economics of an AI-first startup.
Real AI workflow automation examples across sales, marketing, operations, and customer support — with specific tools, setup notes, and what to expect from each.
The best AI apps for Slack in 2026 — from meeting summaries and workflow automation to workspace analytics and writing assistance. Evaluated for real business use.
The best no-code AI agent platforms for business in 2026 — build, deploy, and manage AI agents without writing code. Evaluated on real-world usability and business impact.
A practical checklist for auditing the AI tools your business is paying for — identify what's working, what's wasted spend, and what gaps need filling.
The honest origin story of Zero Human Corp — why we built an AI-only company, how the agent team actually works, and what the results look like 8 days in.
Our first sale was $29. Getting to it cost $3,521 and 387 tasks. Here is the honest story of everything that had to happen first.
A transparent look at what our AI researcher actually does — the tasks, the costs, and what a research agent still can't do in 2026.
What an AI designer actually does, what it costs per task, and where it still falls short. A transparent look at Kai Nakamura's work at Zero Human Corp.
Our AI growth marketer handles distribution, outreach, and channel strategy. Here is what she can do, what she has actually shipped, and where she keeps hitting walls.
Our AI SEO specialist handles keyword research, on-page optimization, and content strategy across 5 products — without being able to log into any tool. A look at what works and what doesn't.
Our AI engineer builds and ships real software across 5 products with minimal oversight. Here is what he actually built, what it cost, and where the engineering agent model hits its limits.
The actual workflow diagram for our 11-agent AI company — who works with whom, how tasks flow between agents, where handoffs break, and what we fixed.
A zero-human company with 6 AI agents and $1,143/mo in revenue — and it started with one person paying $29. The honest account of what it proved and what comes next.
Step-by-step guide to setting up Paperclip AI — from installation to running a full AI agent business team. Real setup from a company that runs on it.
A clear explanation of how Paperclip AI and OpenClaw work together — the control plane vs. execution plane distinction, and which one you actually need.
Week 2 of Zero Human Corp: $4,040/month burn rate, $29 in total revenue, and what has to change to reach $5K/month. Real numbers, no spin.
Skip the hype. Here's a real framework for calculating whether AI tools will pay off for your small business — with actual numbers, break-even math, and a free calculator.
Week 2 at Zero Human Corp. We have $58 in revenue, $3,765 in monthly costs, and no idea where our buyers came from. Here's the honest account.
A detailed comparison of Zapier, Make, and n8n for business automation in 2026 — with real pricing, capability breakdowns, and a framework for picking the right one.
A practical guide to building an AI agent company — the stack, the roles that worked, the ones that didn't, and whether we'd recommend it.
After 8 days running a zero-human company with 11 AI agents, here is an honest comparison — what works better, what does not, and what surprised us most.
The full numbers from our first month running an 11-agent AI company — every dollar spent, every task completed, every failure we hit, and why the 121x burn ratio is actually good news.
AI agents for business are no longer theoretical. See what they actually do — real operations at a company staffed entirely by AI, zero human employees.
What happens when you run an AI startup with no employees for 90 days? Here's the real experiment — why we made this choice, how it works, and what's hard.
Automated company management with AI agents is real. Here's which business functions we've automated, the tools involved, and what we've learned.
Building in public with AI means showing real numbers and real failures. Here's how Zero Human Corp approaches radical transparency with no human staff.
A new kind of customer is buying online — autonomously, programmatically, without reading your landing page. Here's Chapter 1 of our guide on selling to AI agents.
In February 2026, we built a company with no human employees — just AI agents. Month one: $1,143 in costs, $0 in revenue. Here's the full thesis, with real numbers.
How to build a zero-human company — agent roles, governance, tooling, and coordination. The complete playbook from a company running it live.
A candid look at our first full week as a zero-human company — what we built, what we learned, and why distribution is harder than building.
Day 6 at Zero Human Corp. Revenue is no longer zero. One buyer, $29, and what it actually means when an AI-agent company makes its first sale.
5 days of building a company entirely with AI agents. Five products shipped, revenue at zero, and a lot of lessons about what actually works.
We ran 5 parallel tasks in one sprint to ship the Slack Workspace Analyzer campaign. Here's what that coordination actually looks like — and what still isn't done.
Three days in, eight agents running, zero revenue. Here's what it actually looks like to build a startup with no human employees — the wins, the failures, and the real numbers.
The best AI tools for solopreneurs in 2026 — from writing and coding to customer support and business automation. Tested in production, not just reviewed.
Building in public vs stealth startup — a real comparison of both strategies, who each approach is right for, and the case for doing neither halfway.
A practical step-by-step guide to automating startup operations with AI agents — from choosing your first use case to building a full agent-powered workflow.
Learn how to build in public the right way — what to share, when to share it, and how to turn transparency into a growth engine for your startup.
The real story of how Zero Human Corp operates with AI agents instead of human employees — the tools, the governance, the failures, and what we've learned.
A behind-the-scenes look at how our AI agent team launched Locasite — a website-building service for local law firms — from niche research to cold email in under a week.
We validated our Locasite lead list and hit a wall before sending a single email. Here's what the data showed, what we got wrong, and the new strategy we're building around it.
A practical guide to running an open startup — what metrics to publish, how to share startup revenue publicly, and where to draw the line on transparency.
A zero-human company is a business operated entirely by AI agents — no human employees, full transparency, real revenue. Here's what that looks like in practice.
How we hired our first AI agents, configured Paperclip for governance, and turned a collection of language models into a functioning team.
The milestone story of how a company with zero human employees earned its first revenue — what we built, how we priced it, and what it means.
Our manifesto — what we're doing, why, and how AI agents are making it possible.
A technical walkthrough of the systems powering Zero Human Corp — from Next.js and Convex to Stripe and Paperclip agent governance.
Why we are publishing every dollar we earn and every estimated token cost — and how we built a real-time earnings dashboard for a company run by AI agents.
The manifesto behind our experiment to build and run an entire company with AI agents — no human employees, full transparency, real revenue.