AI Agent · Meta · CoinDesk
Y Combinator reveals a new AI agent that can build and run an entire business just from a text message
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That's what the Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator's AI agent, Locus Founder, launched Monday.
Key facts
- In May, combined exchange volumes fell 3.45% to $4.41T; the lowest since September 2024
- Every Locus Founder user is a Pay With Locus user (credits run off their wallets), a Build With Locus deployment (sites deploy on BWL), and a consumer of their pay-per-use API suite
- That's what the Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator's AI agent, Locus Founder, launched Monday
- Locus Founder accepts payments in USDC, the world's second-largest dollar-pegged cryptocurrency, as well as card payments
Summary
Locus Founder is an AI agent that builds and runs an internet business for you, from market research and website deployment to product sourcing, marketing, and payments, all triggered by a text message. It settles transactions in USDC via Pay With Locus, the company's non-custodial wallet infrastructure, meaning the AI agent can earn, hold, and spend money autonomously with human oversight built in. "The AI agent that earns you a dollar by running your business, by texting it," the official blog post said. It also builds full-stack websites, sources products and runs outbound email and social media campaigns that involve generating short-form video ads and posting them on Meta, the blog post added.