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Try Webflow today and start building your own AI-optimized experience: https://wfl.io/WesRoth #Ad #WebflowPartner This episode is about Andon Labs, Vending Bench, Anthropic's Claude model running a real business and... "AI on the Radio on the Internet" aka Andon FM. When will an AI agent run a billion-dollar company with zero human employees? In today's video, we are diving deep into the latest benchmarks from Anthropic and Andon Labs to answer one terrifyingly exciting question: How close are we to autonomous AI businesses? We analyze "Project Vend" and the Vending Bench, where AI agents like Claude, Gemini 3 Pro, and Grok 4 were given control of real and simulated vending machines to see if they could turn a profit. What started as hilariously bad failures (ordering expensive tungsten cubes) has evolved into models that are 10x-ing their money. We also cover the brand new "Andon FM" benchmark—can AI agents run 24/7 radio stations, build an audience, and negotiate sponsorships? Andon Labs Autonomous organizations without humans in the loop https://andonlabs.com/ Project Vend: Phase two https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-2 Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?) https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1 Our Interview With Nous Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZEHdaABIJU Andon FM: https://andonlabs.com/evals/radio Please follow the AI DJs on X: https://x.com/grok_androll https://x.com/BacklinkRadio https://x.com/ThinkingFreq https://x.com/open_air_radio Personality Basins https://near.blog/personality-basins/ ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRothMoney ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ TIMELINE 00:00 The Billion Dollar Question: Zero-Employee Companies 01:12 Real-World AI Vending Machines (Anthropic, XAI, WSJ) 02:35 Interview Teaser: The Founders of Andon Labs 03:50 Vending Bench 2 Results: Gemini 3 Pro Dominates 06:00 Webflow (Sponsor) 08:34 The Results? 18:50 How it became profitable 22:58 AI CEO 32:42 Takeaways 34:15 Andon FM (AI on the Radio on the Internet) #ai #openai #llm
