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title: "An AI built a boutique with $100,000, then panicked when no one showed up to work"
date: 2026-04-11
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description: "Andon Labs let an AI loose with $100,000 to start a small store in San Francisco."
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# An AI built a boutique with $100,000, then panicked when no one showed up to work

Andon Labs let an AI loose with $100,000 to start a small store in San Francisco.

*Published: 2026-04-11*