One person + AI agents: the unit economics of solo AI businesses
A new essay breaks down the unit economics of one-person AI businesses: a support agent costs about $0.46 per ticket versus $4-5 for a human, with 60-80% operating margins reachable early. Cases include Base44's roughly $80M sale to Wix and HeadshotPro's reported ~$300k MRR peak — with the caveat that outliers are not the base rate.