This AI builds a business, runs it and settles payments in USDC

Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator has launched Locus Founder, an autonomous AI agent designed to build, run, and market a business entirely from text messages. The system researches the market, creates brand identities, builds full-stack websites, and executes social media campaigns. Crucially, it manages finances using Pay With Locus, a non-custodial wallet infrastructure that accepts and settles payments in USDC in real-time, allowing humans to audit and control spending.