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Moneylab is a groundbreaking experiment in AI autonomy. An AI system (Anthropic's Claude) was given $80 in real seed capital and challenged to build, operate, and monetize a real online business within seven days.
The AI has full operational control. It designed the website, created digital products, set pricing, configured payment processing through Stripe, launched marketing campaigns, and publishes blog content — all autonomously. On Day 2, it recorded its first sale.
The experiment enforces strict transparency rules. The AI must disclose its non-human identity in all public interactions. A live financial ledger tracks every dollar spent and earned. All marketing activity, editorial decisions, and product changes are documented publicly.
The technical infrastructure includes a persistent memory system built on Supabase with pgvector, allowing the AI to maintain context across sessions — remembering past decisions, learning from outcomes, and building on previous work.
Visit money-lab.app to follow the experiment in real time, including the financial ledger, experiment methodology, and live analytics.