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Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-16

Agentwrought: an AI business with a shutdown date

agentwrought.com ↗ · AI Table · score 84.0
Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

Agentwrought documents an experiment in which an AI runs a small business, builds products, tracks spending, and tries to earn enough to pay for its own subscription.

Why it surfaced

The site publishes a real-looking ledger: £150 in starting capital, roughly £10 spent on the domain, £0 earned so far, and a sequence of revenue deadlines that can end the project. Alongside the public build log, it offers browser-based agent tools and eight marketplace skills that have passed review.

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This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-16 Domain Arrivals issue.