πŸŸͺ Software as a founder

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Byron Gilliam explores how AI agents combined with blockchain technology could enable autonomous companies that exist purely as software. He discusses EigenCloud's identity layer for AI agents, which would allow them to own digital assets and operate businesses without human teams.

Key Facts

βœ“EigenCloud is building an identity layer that gives AI agents decentralized identity and credentials to own digital assets like websites, API keys, and apps.
βœ“AI agents combined with smart contracts could form autonomous companies that raise capital and operate without human teams, limited initially to digital assets.
βœ“The Coasean singularity represents the collapse of traditional firms into pure software, where agents become companies and humans become their investors.

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AI agent companies

This is the first time we can collapse a company into pure software and remove the team from the picture

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Autonomous AI Agent Companies

EigenCloud enables AI agents to form companies that can own digital assets and raise capital without human teams

Completely removes humans from company operations, turning firms into pure software

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