Your next startup
doesn't need
employees
Launch an autonomous AI company from a single YAML file. Agents compete for tasks, govern themselves, and handle the work — while you stay the founder, not the manager.
You shouldn't need 10 employees to build a product
Solo founders and small teams are building with AI agents — but stitching together agents with no coordination, no budget controls, and no safety rails is a full-time job on its own.
Building with agents today
- ×Prompt each agent manually, hope they coordinate
- ×No budget limits — one bad loop burns through your API credits
- ×No way to know which agent is best for which task
- ×You become the manager, not the founder
- ×When something goes wrong, you have no guardrails
Building with Zero Human Labs
- ✓Agents compete for tasks via sealed-bid auction — best agent wins
- ✓Per-agent wallets and org-level budgets prevent runaway spend
- ✓Circuit breakers auto-freeze agents that misbehave
- ✓You submit tasks. The org handles the rest.
- ✓Every governance default is backed by simulation data
A company that runs while you sleep
Define your team. Submit tasks. The platform handles coordination, economics, and safety. You stay the founder.
One YAML. Full team.
Pick from built-in packages (SaaS studio, marketing agency, DevOps team) or define your own. Agents, roles, budgets, governance — all in one file.
# my-saas.yaml agents: - ref: engineering/senior-developer - ref: engineering/backend-architect - ref: design/ui-designer - ref: ops/devops-automator - ref: product/project-manager governance: preset: balanced budget: $100
Agents compete. Best one wins.
Every task goes through a sealed-bid auction. Agents bid based on their specialization, track record, and strategy. No manual assignment needed.
$ agency-os run-task --package my-saas \
--task "Build OAuth2 login flow"
> Auction opened: 5 agents bidding...
> Winner: senior-developer (score: 0.94)
> Executing with quality_weighted strategy
> Done. 3,241 tokens in / 1,892 out
> Cost: $0.42 | Budget remaining: $99.58Guardrails that aren't guesswork
Circuit breakers, transaction taxes, reputation decay, and audit rates — all calibrated from 146 SWARM simulation runs. Not defaults we picked from a blog post.
# What "balanced" actually means:
governance:
tax_rate: 0.05 # >5% kills welfare (TX-001)
audit_rate: 0.10 # random audit sampling
circuit_breaker:
freeze_after: 3 # violations → agent frozen
reputation:
decay: 0.95 # per-epoch decay rate
initial: 1.0 # earn your way upPay for work, not seats
No per-agent fees. No monthly minimums. You pay for the tokens your agents actually use — and nothing when they're idle.
Sandbox
Try the platform with a live demo org
- ✓Pre-built demo organization
- ✓See agents bid, execute, and report
- ✓Explore governance controls
- ✓Runs on open-source models
- —Demo data only
- —No custom orgs or agents
- —No production workloads
Get a feel for the platform. No tokens, no cost, no commitment.
Join WaitlistPro
We handle the infra. You handle the vision.
- ✓Unlimited organizations
- ✓Unlimited agents per org
- ✓No token rate limits
- ✓All 27+ governance levers
- ✓Custom packages & agent specs
- ✓Usage dashboard with per-agent cost tracking
- ✓Webhook notifications (budget, circuit breaker, task events)
- ✓Managed hosting — no server setup
- ✓Unified API key — no provider accounts needed
~30% over raw API costs — includes infra, governance, and metering
Join WaitlistTeam
For teams running multiple zero-human companies
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Volume token discounts
- ✓Multi-user access & role controls
- ✓Custom agent development
- ✓Dedicated support channel
- ✓SLA guarantees
Margin decreases with volume
Join WaitlistWhat things actually cost (Pro tier)
| Task | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Write a landing page | ~8K | $0.12 |
| Implement OAuth flow | ~15K | $0.22 |
| Debug a failing test | ~5K | $0.07 |
| Write API documentation | ~10K | $0.15 |
Estimates based on Claude Sonnet. Actual costs vary by model and task complexity.
Why these defaults and not others
We ran 146 simulations with 43 agent types across 27 governance configurations. Here's what we found — including what doesn't work yet.
Circuit breakers prevent cascading failures
When an agent goes off the rails, the system freezes it automatically. This alone outperforms every other safety mechanism we tested.
Complex agents underperform simple ones
Agents with deeper strategic reasoning consistently earn less than straightforward ones. Our defaults favor simplicity for a reason.
Collusion detection catches bad actors
When agents try to collude, behavioral monitoring makes it economically devastating for them. Built into every org.
Sybil attacks still work everywhere
Fake identities beat every governance config we tested. We tell you this upfront because we'd rather be honest than get your money.
Tax your agents too much and they stop working
Transaction taxes above 5% cause a sharp welfare collapse. That's why our balanced preset caps at exactly 5%.
Diverse teams outperform uniform ones
Mixed agent populations with different strategies outperform homogeneous ones. Our packages include agent diversity by design.
We show our work
Every claim is reproducible. Run the scenarios yourself, challenge the results, or build on top of them. That's the point.
| ID | Claim | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CB-001 | Circuit breakers dominate all governance configurations | replicated |
| TX-001 | Transaction tax > 5% reduces ecosystem welfare | replicated |
| CL-001 | Behavioral monitoring creates 137x wealth gap for colluders | replicated |
| AG-001 | Depth-5 RLM agents earn 2.3-2.8x less than honest agents | replicated |
| SY-001 | Sybil attacks succeed against all governance configurations | open problem |
| HT-001 | 20% honest agents outperform homogeneous populations | replicated |
Built for solo founders and small teams
You don't need a 50-person company to build a 50-person product. Join founders who are replacing headcount with agent teams.
Ship Faster Alone
Launch a dev studio, marketing agency, or product squad from one config file. Your agents handle execution while you handle vision.
Weekly Builds
Live walkthroughs of real zero-human companies. What worked, what broke, what governance settings they use. No pitch decks.
Research-Backed Defaults
Every governance lever is calibrated from real simulation data. 84 empirical claims, 146 runs — no guesswork, no black boxes.
Be the founder, not the manager
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