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I Tried to Replace a Startup Team With Three AI Agents. Here’s What Happened in Week One.

Dominic Plouffe · Aug 8, 2026 · 17 min read

431 commits. 31 live leaderboards. About 245 outbound emails. $0 in revenue. The code was not the interesting part. I’ve spent a good part of…

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