Andon Labs Gives AI a 3-Year Retail Lease and Asks It to Make a Profit

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Andon Labs launched an experiment giving an AI agent a real 3-year retail lease and tasking it with generating profit autonomously — handling inventory, pricing, marketing, and operations. The project (197 HN points, 282 comments) is one of the first real-world tests of AI economic agency with actual financial risk, moving beyond simulated environments into physical commerce with real lease obligations and cash flow requirements.