Developer Runs 500 AI Agents to Build Project Together, Burns $500 in API Credits

An indie developer built Flow, a visual canvas system that lets hundreds of AI agents collaborate in real time. After 10,000 agents burned through his API quota, he scaled down to 500 agents in 50 waves, spending $500 in credits in four hours.

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