From 1 Month of Runway to YC: Founder Sold Computer-Use 'AI Employees' on Orgo
nick_linck · x · 2026-09-23
Founder @nickvasiles shares his turnaround story: in November 2025 he had one month of runway left and was about to move back in with his parents, working from an electrical room under the stairs in a 15-person Berkeley hacker house.
Down the hall, @spncrk was building Orgo — cloud computers for agents, originally aimed at researchers. His idea: sell computer-use agents to businesses as "AI employees." He messaged every business owner he knew, booked 7 calls the next morning, and landed his first paid customer within the week — $3,500 to build one agent on top of Orgo.
A few months in, his agency was making more on Orgo than Orgo itself. The project has now joined Y Combinator.
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