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Money

What Happens When Companies Don’t Need People

Fernando Nikolić
Episode 185 · 1h 27m · Published 19th June 2026 · Recorded in London
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Fernando Nikolić

About this episode

Fernando Nikolic joins me to discuss the AI productivity explosion, one-person companies and what happens when software becomes something anyone can build.

Fernando explains how he now runs a company as the only human in it, using AI agents to build systems, process data and operate at a level that previously would have required a team, funding and infrastructure. We discuss Claude, Gemini, vibe coding, AI agents, internal tools, the collapse of traditional software moats and why the cost of building has fallen so dramatically.

We also get into the SaaS apocalypse, AI slop, creativity, physical media, culture, democracy, AI-powered accountability, Milei’s Argentina and why Fernando has become Bitcoin black pilled.

Chapters

00:00The One-Person Company
01:16Peter’s AI Breakthrough
04:02Front-End Coding Is Dead
07:35Fernando’s One-Human Company
11:13Building an AI Media Company
18:05You Can’t Build as Fast as You Think
22:14The Danger of Doing Everything
25:35Why AI Content Is Slop
27:12Can AI Make Us Human Again?
28:22The Internet Made Us Dumber
31:34Humans Are Not Robots
36:24AI and the Future of Film
43:57Starting a Company With AI
48:15What Does This Mean in Five Years?
51:32The SaaS Apocalypse
56:39The Shape of Companies
59:40Abundance, Inequality and AI
1:03:20The Gap Is Now
1:06:24Holding Politicians to Account With AI
1:18:03The Bitcoin Black Pill