The latest articles on DEV Community by Sanjay Divakar (@sanjaydivakar). https://dev.to/sanjaydivakar https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4192922%2F3537d291-97ad-4513-9265-bfc7c32a01d8.png https://dev.to/sanjaydivakar en Sanjay Divakar Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:08:12 +0000 https://dev.to/sanjaydivakar/im-15-and-building-an-ai-c-suite-that-runs-a-business-for-you-heres-the-prototype-4k3j https://dev.to/sanjaydivakar/im-15-and-building-an-ai-c-suite-that-runs-a-business-for-you-heres-the-prototype-4k3j <p>I'm 15 and I've been building <strong>Founderless</strong>: you bring a business idea and some cash, and a team of AI agents (CEO, CTO, CFO, COO, CMO) builds the product, sells it and markets it. You either approve the big decisions from your phone (<strong>Cockpit mode</strong>) or switch on <strong>Autonomous mode</strong> with a spend limit.</p> <p>It's a working prototype with a waitlist right now, and public launch is planned for May 2027. Here's how the prototype works, plus the parts I'm unsure about.</p> <h2> The flow </h2> <ol> <li> <strong>New company</strong>: type an idea, or do a 3-question interview and the CEO agent suggests 3 ideas. Pick Cockpit or Autonomous (with a spend threshold) and fund a wallet.</li> <li> <strong>Brief</strong>: the CEO streams a company brief (name, tagline, customer, problem, offer, pricing, 30-day goal). Nothing else happens until you edit and approve it.</li> <li> <strong>C-suite</strong>: the five exec agents stream their first-week plans.</li> <li> <strong>Landing page</strong>: the CTO writes the copy, which fills a tested template you can preview and download.</li> <li> <strong>Launch posts</strong>: the CMO drafts launch posts and a launch email (drafts only).</li> <li> <strong>Wallet + spend</strong>: the CFO files spend requests. In Autonomous mode anything at or under the threshold auto-approves and anything over it goes to an Approvals inbox. In Cockpit mode everything goes to the inbox.</li> <li> <strong>Activity log</strong> of every agent and founder action.</li> </ol> <p>In the prototype, money, payments, ads and posting are <strong>simulated</strong>. Nothing is actually bought or posted yet. Every agent step is a real model call streamed live to the UI.</p> <h2> Stack (kept boring on purpose) </h2> <ul> <li>Node 22 with the built-in <code>node:sqlite</code>, so there are no runtime dependencies</li> <li>Vanilla JS front end with a hash router and Server-Sent Events for streaming</li> <li>A provider adapter, so it runs on a local llama.cpp model or on Claude/OpenAI</li> <li>On the local 9B model, JSON output is grammar-constrained with <code>response_format: json_schema</code>, so it can't emit broken structure. I also parse partial JSON so the UI can preview output while it's still streaming</li> <li>A Playwright end-to-end run of the whole flow in both modes</li> </ul> <h2> Where I'd love input </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>Spend guardrails</strong>: a threshold + approvals inbox is the first layer. What else would you want before trusting agents with real money? Per-category caps? A daily budget? A "two agents must agree" rule?</li> <li> <strong>Autonomous vs Cockpit</strong>: would you ever actually turn autonomous on?</li> </ul> <p>Demo video of the prototype: <a href="https://founderless.io/media/founderless-demo.mp4" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://founderless.io/media/founderless-demo.mp4</a></p> <p>If you want to follow along, the waitlist is at <a href="https://founderless.io/?src=devto" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://founderless.io/?src=devto</a> (you get a referral link after signing up, and if 3 friends join you're in the first cohort).</p> <p>Thanks for reading. Brutal feedback welcome.</p> showdev ai javascript buildinpublic