10-Person Spawn Ships 77,000 Changes in 30 Days, Spending 30x Payroll on AI Tokens
TAbrodi · x · 2026-10-29
Spawn's new essay 'How I Built the Most AI-Pilled Company in the World' details how the 10-person company spends 30x payroll on AI tokens and shipped 77,000 substantial changes in 30 days — about 108 per hour around the clock, nearly matching Anthropic's output.
Justin Sun amplified it, claiming tomorrow's best companies will use tokens and agents to outcompete teams 100x their size.
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