AI agents could birth the first one-person unicorn — but at what societal cost? | TechCrunch

Thanks to the advent of cloud computing and distributed digital infrastructure, the one-person micro-enterprise is far from a novel concept. Cheap on-demand compute, remote collaboration, payment processing APIs, social media, and e-commerce marketplaces have all made it easier to “go it alone” as an entrepreneur.

But what about scaling that one-person business into something meatier — an enterprise of unicorn proportions?

Historically, this would have been an unfathomably…