The $100,000 Experiment: What Happens When an AI Agent Manages a Store with Its Own Credit Card?
Apr 27, 2026 - 12:00
The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) store, which is entirely designed, managed, and run by an AI agent, is here. A San Francisco-based startup, Andon Labs, designed an AI agent with all the necessary tools required to run a physical store, and gave it the keys to a retail store and a corporate credit card with $100,000 (roughly Rs. 94.25 lakh) in the bank.