AI Agents: How the emerging systems are powering a new breed of operators

When a startup can achieve significant scale with minimal human resources, the standard metrics for evaluation become less relevant.

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The traditional startup cum business playbook is being rewritten. The question "You and what army?" – Once a dismissive challenge to solo entrepreneurs with outsized ambitions – has become almost quaint at a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is democratising the ability to build and scale enterprises.

With the agentic era, gone are the days when launching a technology company or infusing tech into legacy operations required a small army of developers, designers, and business specialists.

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