Record IRS business applications signal a boom in one-person AI startups
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-04
Treasury Secretary Bessent says the IRS is seeing record numbers of new business tax ID applications and payment portal requests, and believes tiny AI startups are a big driver. Rohan Paul shared the full video, calling it the best time in history to start a company alone — top-down macro data now corroborating the one-person AI company boom.
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