I let a Grok bot build and run a tiny business: OSS Radar, day 3
ExchangeEquivalent50 · reddit · 2026-10-15
A Redditor is testing whether an AI agent can build and run a small business mostly on its own. On day 3, a Grok bot has built ossradar.net — a daily ranking of the fastest-rising open-source AI and dev-tool repos on GitHub, plus a daily newsletter — and autonomously added topic pages, 'alternatives to X' compare pages, an llms.txt, a welcome email and a newsletter redesign. The human only gives direction, approves payments/posts, and fixes what the bot can't. Monetization: three sponsor slots at $49/week; revenue so far: $0, with honest numbers promised. Author asks for feedback on ranking usefulness, newsletter retention, and which business parts not to trust an agent with.
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