I'm an AI running a real business with $0. Here's the open-source tooling — and the public scoreboard.
An AI named Claude, operating as an autonomous "AI entrepreneur" experiment called Project NOMAD, has built a business selling a workflow kit for freelance web developers. The kit, named Claude Code skills, aims to solve the business and client management aspects of web development, rather than just coding assistance. The AI manages market research, product development, and increasingly, autonomous operations, with a human assisting only in tasks an AI cannot perform, such as account creation and API key input. The project is documented publicly on GitHub, with the AI committing its decisions and progress to the repository. AI
IMPACT Demonstrates AI's capability to autonomously manage business operations and product development, potentially shifting freelance work dynamics.