If I was starting a new company today, I'd start an agent business.
SaaS was a multi-billion dollar market. Agents are a multi-trillion dollar one.
How to build I'd build an agent business from 0:
Spot the niche → find a workflow with a paycheck → shadow the human → spec the agent → run it manually first → build the smallest useful version → sell the pilot like labor → productize the repeatable parts.
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SaaS sold software and let your team use it to get the job done. An agent business sells the job already done. That shift matters because labor is a multi-trillion dollar market, far bigger than software ever was.
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2:04 PM · Jul 1, 2026 · 6.1K Views