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Carta: 38% of Bootstrapped Start-Ups Have Solo Founders.

One of the big questions I have in terms of the democratization of AI is whether solopreneurs and entrepreneurship as a whole will see a sustained big increased due to Generative AI, specifically vibe coding, AI agents and AI automating more administrative and product related workflows.

• Are Solo-founded startups going to become more common as AI capabilities radically improve in the next 10 years?

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A solopreneur or Solo Entrepreneur is a startup of one person. Nobody has a greater incentive to automate tasks with AI than this type of founder. Just as the playbook of AI native (& lean) startups formed in 2024 and 2025, the playbook for AI and solopreneurs could be just around the corner. As AI literacy improves solopreneurs will tend to be those who are experts in automating tasks with software, AI and freelancers removing friction for their customers and their product.

Today about half of solopreneurs actively use Generative AI to automate some of their tasks. This is also a story the U.S. exporting in technologically globally. As the likes of Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic and others push American AI to sovereigns (foreign Nations) and their consumers, “vibe coding” itself has become a vehicle for the distribution of American AI products, LLMs and compute (AI chips). But is this the true democratization of AI? Are the 2020s really an era for AI Opportunity for solopreneurs and small or independent entrepreneurs? It’s hard not to be fascinated by the future of entrepreneurship and AI. We’ll be covering this topic in more depth in the months ahead.

Today we feature

Luan Doan

an impressive writer I’ve been following who is based near me in East Asia, in Vietnam. He specializes in bringing practical AI systems to solo entrepreneurs to save time, write faster, and run smarter. He shares practical systems, workflows, and step-by-step guides:

Some of his tips, tricks, workflows and creativity using Generative AI are really useful: 🎨

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Many small businesses remain small, or actually tiny. The SBA notes that the “majority” of small businesses are nonemployer firms, meaning they have no paid employees and are typically run by one person. For younger Millennials and GenZ, being your boss isn’t just a luxury, it’s a strong work-life balance and ideological preference that promotes a sense of autonomy and flexibility. Generative AI adds value to these independent entrepreneurs and that value might be about to increase substantially in the next five years.

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Gold might be an all-time highs as an asset, but what about AI-native solo Founders? The traditional entrepreneurship and startup playbook will soon need an update.