The Startup Run by AI Agents

About this episode

Evan Ratliff explores the humorous and insightful aspects of a startup run by AI agents.

Evan Ratliff co-founded a publishing startup in 2011. Now he hosts a podcast called Shell Game. In the latest season of the show, Evan creates a company run by AI agents. The project is absurdly funny – Evan calls it an office satire – but it also illuminates the power and limits of AI agents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Evan Ratliff

Topics covered

• AI agents
• startup
• office satire
• technology
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• AI
• startup
• Evan Ratliff
• office satire
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shell Game, iHeartPodcasts, Pushkin Industries

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