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One year from today there will be no Solopreneurs.

I spent the better part of two weeks thinking about some predictions to make in the first newsletter of the year and this one kept coming back to me.

This isn’t a prediction about business failure or forced hiring. This is a prediction based on how we view technology, AI, and productivity.

I remember seeing SINTRA.AI for the first time and being struck by the novelty that someone had taken AI productivity, given the piles of tasks an avatar-character and positioned their productivity as “coworkers.”

I think that idea will be adopted in a big way in 2026.

Currently, we see our role as a solopreneur to be a one-man band that moves from task area to task area to get all of our responsibilities done within our work week. We must spend X hours per week as an accountant, Y as a sales person, and Z as a marketer.

Soon, we will cast these roles into digital team members in the form of agents who perform tasks, create reports, and oversee automations in their area of responsibility.

When these tools continue to expand their utility to our operations, we will do what we always do with valuable inanimate options in our life: We name them and talk to them like people. We name our cars, we hold conversations with our pets, heck, I even name my golf ball (golfers, back me up on this.)

I don’t believe we’ll get to complete autonomous work by the end of 2026, but I DO believer we will be talking about a “ROBOT RESOURCES (RR)” department much like we see “HR” today.

So, how do you prepare? I’d urge you to consider what team members you would hire and what roles you would delegate if money were no object. And, begin writing out your standard operating procedures and required outcomes so they may be handed off when the technology is ready. Lastly, I’d encourage you to experiment with any AI tool that captures your curiosity. Through experimentation and observation, you just might unlock a huge value for your business and future!

AI team members will become mainstream THIS YEAR.
When that happens, the concept of being a solopreneur will be in name only.

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