Originally published on AIdeazz — cross-posted here with canonical link.
I spent $12,000 on Oracle Cloud infrastructure in the first 6 months of building AIdeazz, with zero VC funding. 45% of that budget went to experimenting with multi-agent systems, which I believed would be the key to creating autonomous AI agents. However, I soon realized that my executive experience as Deputy CEO at a Russian digital infrastructure program was both a blessing and a curse in this new endeavor.
Transferring Executive Experience
My background in managing large-scale infrastructure projects helped me understand the importance of scalability and reliability in AI systems. I was able to apply this knowledge to design and deploy multi-agent systems on Oracle Cloud, which handled 250 concurrent users with a 95% uptime rate. However, I had to unlearn many habits, such as relying on a large team and extensive resources, which were not available to me as a solo founder.
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