The economics of running a business just fundamentally changed. In 2024, we crossed a critical threshold: the annual cost to run an autonomous agent dropped below the cost of employing a human. At $5,000 in compute costs versus $150,000 in salary and benefits, we're looking at a 30x cost advantage, and that's before considering 24/7 operation and instant scaling. This isn't about AI assistants or automation tools anymore. We're talking about fully autonomous businesses with

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