“I am running an organization of around 50-60 agents, five of whom are interfacing with around 10 humans in the outside world: myself, my 5-person core game design team, my accountant, my chief of staff, and a few others. Only Fable is allowed to talk to humans, via Slack and email.”
Steve Yegge, Independent; builds and runs Wheelhouse, a solo multi-agent software factory (2026). Describes his own system and spending first-hand; his claims about other companies are relayed from conversations and unverified. Self-reported figures.
Steve Yegge (independent) sells AI or agent tools or services, so it has a reason to publish flattering numbers about AI. The passage stays in the archive; read it with that in mind.
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Fetched with curl, stripped HTML tags and decoded entities. The passage matches character for character in the fourth introductory paragraph, before 'Sandboxed in Seattle'. It is Steve Yegge's own first-person narration, not attributed to another speaker.
How to cite this passage
Steve Yegge (Steve Yegge (independent)), “Fences, not Sandboxes”, yegge.ai (Steve Yegge), 2026-08-24. https://yegge.ai/essays/fences-not-sandboxes/ Archived at https://the-ai-record.com/passages/steve-yegge-running-organization-around-50-60-agents-2026
Steve Yegge (independent)