Will there be a startup with zero human employees in 2026?
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E.g. a startup with an OpenClaw CEO
Definition of "zero human employee startup" for the purposes of this market:
Receives angel/VC investment of at least $10K USD or equivalent in another (crypto)currency, or bootstraps itself to $10K+ USD by doing immediately-profitable work
Engages in economically-useful work, validated by either:
Appreciation from humans (who are not sockpuppets)
Profiting from selling products and/or services to other AIs
Profiting from trading
Has an AI "CEO", and zero or more subagents
Does not simply delegate all tasks to humans, either during bootstrapping or growth phases (although it may delegate some tasks to independent human contractors)
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