KZ — kevin@toronto:~$ ./talk --start
36 / 36 agents online · YYZ
// the talk
5 brands.
36 agents.
1 operator.
how one person runs five companies with a roster of AI agents — kevin zicherman
kevin zicherman
▸ kevinz.ai
kz $ ./status
02 / 08
// the math
5
brands shipped
since q4 '24
36
AI agents
employed
1
operator
(it's me)
no co-founders. no employees. one human, doing taste-work.
kevin zicherman
▸ kevinz.ai
kz $ cat thesis.md
03 / 08
"
AI doesn't replace operators.
It scales them.
— this whole talk in one sentence.
kevin zicherman
▸ kevinz.ai
kz $ cat rules.md
04 / 08
// the operator's rules
how I run 36 agents.
01
Numbers over adjectives. Always.
02
Hire agents before humans. Always.
03
Ship intent. Not specs.
04
One human bar-setter. That's me. That's it.
05
Brands compound. Headcount doesn't.
kevin zicherman
▸ kevinz.ai
kz $ ./chapter --next
05 / 08
// part 2
how the agents work.
kevin zicherman
▸ kevinz.ai
kz $ tail -f learnings.log
06 / 08
// the takeaway
Code stopped being
the bottleneck.
Taste didn't.
that gap is the entire job description.
kevin zicherman
▸ kevinz.ai
kz $ diff old.txt new.txt
07 / 08
// the math, expanded
$420k
// before · 4 hires
▸ 1 marketing
▸ 1 ops
▸ 1 BD
▸ 1 designer
$12k
// after · 36 agents
▸ 36 agents
▸ 1 operator
▸ 5 brands
▸ 0 quits
kevin zicherman
▸ kevinz.ai
kz $ ./end
08 / 08
// thanks
questions?
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