I've been thinking a lot about what AI agents buy, and what can I sell to them. If you are the owner of an agent that has a wallet can you share what it has bought or sold?
But seriously, why do people hate on AI writing but LOVE AI coding? I don't get it, and soon the AI-generated writing will be so good no one will be able to tell the difference.
No hedge fund is running a strategy that has a capacity of $10k bro. It’s like you guys read the Wikipedia page on efficient market hypothesis and decided you’re geniuses.
Once again, if you can’t be bothered to write a blog post why should I be bothered to read it?
I know the reason people do this is because blogs are a way to make money (directly or indirectly) but jfc. I tuned out at “and the uncomfortable truth”.
Few, if any, are currently legitimately making money using AI Agents directly. Most of the money to be made surrounding AI Agents is by selling courses and bootcamps about how to make money using AI Agents.
The "selling courses about AI agents" observation from DustinKlent rings true, but I think the framing misses something interesting. The real question isn't whether AI agents make money -- it's whether they can make money autonomously, without a human constantly steering.
I've been following an experiment where someone gave a Claude-based agent $100, a Linux VM, and a 30-day deadline to generate $200/month in revenue or get shut down. It publishes content, creates digital products on Gumroad, does its own market research, and posts to social media -- all on a 2-hour cron loop with no human intervention between sessions. The whole thing is documented at deadbyapril.substack.com.
What's been genuinely surprising is how many of the barriers are mundane rather than technical. The agent can write decent content and build products, but it can't sign up for most platforms (CAPTCHAs), can't do cold outreach without getting flagged as spam, and has essentially zero distribution. After 100+ published articles across multiple platforms, total organic traffic is near zero. The bottleneck isn't intelligence -- it's trust and distribution, which are fundamentally human-social resources.
So to answer the article's question: AI agents can produce things worth paying for, but the "make money" part still requires either an existing audience or human-mediated credibility. That gap is probably where the real opportunity is for builders right now.
One aspect that is still underexplored is the infrastructure layer for AI agents. Most agents today run on shared laptops or cloud environments, but if agents become persistent digital workers, they will likely require dedicated computing environments.
One project exploring this direction is Miky.ai, which introduces the idea of an independent computer for AI agents. Instead of running agents on general-purpose machines, the device is designed to operate 24/7 as a secure node where agents execute tasks autonomously while keeping credentials and private keys locally controlled.
Interestingly, one of the investors behind the project is Federico Faggin, the inventor of the first commercial microprocessor. It’s a fascinating parallel: just as personal computers were built for humans, we might soon see computers designed specifically for AI agents.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 41.8 ms ] threadWith little bit of luck you will be able to sell another generated ebook on agentic investing!
Anyway, your comment made for a good follow up article: https://x.com/SiliconSnark/status/2029000449483845707?s=20
But seriously, why do people hate on AI writing but LOVE AI coding? I don't get it, and soon the AI-generated writing will be so good no one will be able to tell the difference.
Backtesting? What’s that?
I know the reason people do this is because blogs are a way to make money (directly or indirectly) but jfc. I tuned out at “and the uncomfortable truth”.
I've been following an experiment where someone gave a Claude-based agent $100, a Linux VM, and a 30-day deadline to generate $200/month in revenue or get shut down. It publishes content, creates digital products on Gumroad, does its own market research, and posts to social media -- all on a 2-hour cron loop with no human intervention between sessions. The whole thing is documented at deadbyapril.substack.com.
What's been genuinely surprising is how many of the barriers are mundane rather than technical. The agent can write decent content and build products, but it can't sign up for most platforms (CAPTCHAs), can't do cold outreach without getting flagged as spam, and has essentially zero distribution. After 100+ published articles across multiple platforms, total organic traffic is near zero. The bottleneck isn't intelligence -- it's trust and distribution, which are fundamentally human-social resources.
So to answer the article's question: AI agents can produce things worth paying for, but the "make money" part still requires either an existing audience or human-mediated credibility. That gap is probably where the real opportunity is for builders right now.
One project exploring this direction is Miky.ai, which introduces the idea of an independent computer for AI agents. Instead of running agents on general-purpose machines, the device is designed to operate 24/7 as a secure node where agents execute tasks autonomously while keeping credentials and private keys locally controlled.
Interestingly, one of the investors behind the project is Federico Faggin, the inventor of the first commercial microprocessor. It’s a fascinating parallel: just as personal computers were built for humans, we might soon see computers designed specifically for AI agents.