My jaw literally dropped today.I had a conversation with the CEO of a startup that just blew me away.
He told me how just two people — himself and his co-founder (yes, they’re both incredibly talented, but still...) — managed to raise a SEED round two months ago. And within a month, they already have a working product in production, partnering with major U.S. suppliers, in a traditional industry that’s heavily regulated and full of complex risk management requirements.
I was stunned by the pace and speed. It’s rare — almost unheard of.
Naturally, I asked how many people they’ve hired to develop such a complex product — risk management systems, POCs, marketing, sales, customer management... it sounded like a serious undertaking.
His answer? Zero. Just agents. AI agents.
And what surprised me even more was his claim that if they had 10 people on the team, they wouldn’t have been able to build the company at this speed or at this depth of AI integration.
It’s precisely because they chose to stay a two-person team that they can move so fast and rely so heavily on AI agents.
In his previous startup, with hundreds of talented employees, some processes would take them three months and a few team members plus vendors to complete.
Today? Two and a half days — and a product of nearly the same quality.
Unbelievable.It’s a transformation that’s hard to even grasp.
Imagine an “organizational structure” with two founders and ten AI agents working 24/7, specialists in every field, almost for free, do as they told, and... now complains :)
Trying to convince the CEO of an existing company to go down this path is like trying to convince a frog that has never left its well that there’s an entire world beyond it.
According to him, for companies operating with real people — not agents :) — it’s almost impossible to make this shift.
But it’s clear: that’s where the world is going. It’s only a matter of time.