{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Next New Thing","title":"Polsia: AI Agent + Zero Employees = $10M Run Rate","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7bf88699\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3336,"description":"Polsia claims any non-technical person can launch and run a startup using their AI agent platform. Bold claim. So I asked Ben Cera to show me the real data: revenue, churn, infrastructure costs, and whether the product is actually building businesses — or just generating AI slop.\nPresented by Zapier: https://zapier.com/\nResources: https://thenextnewthing.ai/l/how-ben-cera-builds-polsia\nPolsia: https://polsia.com\nHere's what we covered:\n-How Polsia hit a $10M annual run rate with no full-time staff\n-The 50% month-one churn problem — and why Ben says it's not a disaster\n-An Anthropic bill that hit $1–1.5M/month, and how they're fixing it\n-Why the company name \"Polsia\" is \"AI Slop\" spelled backwards\n-The $30M funding round and what it's being used for\n-What it actually takes to build a zero-employee AI company in 2025\nThis is the hardest I've pushed a founder in a while. Watch until the end — his answer on whether 10% of companies making any money is a success will either inspire you or infuriate you.\nChapters:\n00:00 - Intro\n00:59 - Polsia's $10M run rate\n02:18 - Churn and who Polsia is for\n06:27 - What needs to change in Polsia\n10:12 - Is Polsia creating AI slop?\n15:00 - Are users making money?\n18:18 - Showcasing companies built on Polsia\n21:36 - Why Polsia is AI slop backwards\n25:30 - The $1.5M Anthropic bill\n28:03 - Agent infrastructure partners\n29:42 - How users bypassed email limits\n35:15 - Zapier sponsor segment\n36:27 - Cold outreach, spam, and guardrails\n40:48 - AI-generated ads and Meta\n43:39 - How much revenue comes from ads\n44:33 - Andrew asks Ben to show Stripe\n47:06 - Polsia coin and crypto scams\n48:36 - Running Polsia with zero employees\n52:12 - Ben's vision for agentic AI\n54:54 - Closing\n👉 Join us: https://thenextnewthing.ai/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NyHHieTlmHDUHZCr0-GqsmgcxwwW_QdWcFQKUIrpKnI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/YWFlNGYzMTA0ZWY1/ZmRlNGY0NDIxMjA0/ZDQyYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}