How AI could create the first one-person unicorn
Her firm, Solace, is still more of an early-stage start-up than an established business. But besides herself, almost no human being is helping her build it. She has joined an AI-powered incubator, Audos, which decided her idea was promising. Its bots helped to set her up online and on Instagram.
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