I think AI agents are becoming the next way people build small companies

Over the last year, I have been using AI tools almost every day, and the biggest shift I notice is how much they have moved from answering questions to actually helping run work. A few months ago, I mostly used AI for writing drafts, summarizing notes, or getting unstuck on an idea. Now I am seeing people build full workflows where AI tools research a topic, plan steps, write code, sort data, prepare customer replies, and handle small admin tasks with a person reviewing the final result. It feels like the conversation is moving past simple prompting. The part that interests me most is what this means for small companies. If one founder can use a group of AI agents to cover research, operations, writing, coding, and support, then the structure of a startup starts to look very different. You can have one person making the key decisions while AI handles a lot of the repeatable work in the background. That feels close to the OPC idea, a one person company built around one founder and an AI agent stack. I do not think this means everyone can suddenly run a real business alone. There is still judgment, taste, sales, trust, and a lot of boring execution involved. I do think the gap between “solo project” and “real company” is getting smaller. Curious what everyone else is seeing. Are AI agents actually changing how people build startups now, or is most of this still too early?