alt.hn

3/1/2026 at 3:03:50 AM

I built AI agents that do the grunt work solo founders hate

by Seleci

3/1/2026 at 4:24:03 AM

It has the same problems as most other AI systems

1) Claims feel a little inflated (10+ h saved) and that hurts credibility everywhere. How do you know it's 10 hours when you don't even convince me that you know what I spend 10 hours a week on. If you nailed this properly, you'd have the Manus effect - people would immediately start declaring it a fake and discrediting it everywhere.

2) Price is vague and excessive. What's a credit? Why is it USDC? Everyone seems to do this vagueness, including OpenAI (free for minimal use, go for more use, plus for morer use, max for maximum use). I appreciate the transparency and get that it's anchored to hiring humans. Sellers will sell it as "Starting from $49/month!" but buyers will read it as "Up to $499/month!"

3) This is an extremely high anchor then. If it were a problem, I'd just build it myself or ask ChatGPT to. How do I know something like Manus doesn't already do it? And since the site itself is lazy, how do I know it's not just an API connected to a Ralph Wiggum loop?

The core problem is (1) though, it adds up and amplifies the other two.

by muzani

3/1/2026 at 8:08:35 AM

And it's USDC cause crypto payments are becoming more and more frequent and I neither can't use Stripe nor paypal due to geographical restrictions

by Seleci

3/1/2026 at 11:07:12 AM

I don't have time to check Stripe but do have time to figure out another crypto coin seems to be the wrong way around unless marketed to a very niche group.

by throwaway5465

3/1/2026 at 11:19:40 AM

I litterally can't recieve nor send money through stripe

by Seleci

3/1/2026 at 7:58:14 AM

Thanks for your feedback. I'll take note of it

by Seleci