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What I explored: How agent platforms now let non-developers build, remix, and connect AI agents into real workflows.
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What I learned: The barrier to launching a small, functional AI-driven business is collapsing fast.
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How you can apply it: Start building small internal AI systems now so you’re ready when “agentic businesses” become normal.
I watched a conversation recently between the founders of Dreamer and Anthropic’s Mike Krieger (via the Neuron newsletter). The product itself is interesting, but that’s not what stuck with me.
What stuck with me was this: we are getting very close to a world where you can spin up a business the way you spin up a Google Doc.
In the video, they show how someone can describe an idea in plain English and have an agent build an app. Not just mock it up. Actually build it. Connect tools. Trigger workflows. Share outputs. Remix it. Improve it over time. I recently discussed how I’d done this with Claude Code.
Now zoom out.
For years, a lot of good business ideas died in the “it would cost too much to build” phase. You’d need $10,000 for an MVP. Maybe $100,000 to hire developers. Maybe more to scale it.
That friction is disappearing.
If you need a small internal tool, you can use something like Claude Code or similar platforms to build it yourself. If you have a bigger idea, you can:
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Form an LLC.
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Describe the product to an AI coding agent.
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Generate the code.
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Deploy it.
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Connect it to Stripe or another payment gateway.
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Start selling.
That’s not theoretical. That’s happening. And yeah, it’s not exactly THAT simple.
Within a few years, I expect we’ll see people running multiple small, AI-driven micro-businesses. Each one doing a focused task. Each one largely automated. One human supervising the system.
Now, I also know this can feel intimidating.
Some business owners are still getting comfortable prompting ChatGPT. The idea of publishing an app built by an AI agent sounds overwhelming.
But here’s the practical takeaway:
You don’t need to launch an AI business tomorrow. You do need to start building AI skill into your life and company.
Start small:
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Use AI to draft workflows.
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Have it outline simple internal tools.
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Experiment with building one tiny automation.
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Learn how APIs and payment gateways work at a basic level.
Think of it like the early internet. At first, only technical people built websites. Then everyone needed a website. Eventually, it became strange not to have one. Builders like Weebly, Wix and Squarespace democratized web building.
Building and supervising AI agents will follow that same path.
There’s a science fiction novel by Charles Stross (Singularity Sky — awesome book) where a character casually spins up an LLC through an AI system whenever he sees an opportunity. That once felt absurd.
It doesn’t anymore.
This matters because the businesses that treat AI as a skill to cultivate — not a novelty to observe — will be positioned to create faster, test cheaper, and launch ideas that used to die on the whiteboard.