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America may be entering its busiest era yet of one-person entrepreneurship: New research ties a surge in solo business formations to advances in AI.

Why it matters: The pandemic-era startup boom was widely viewed as a leading indicator of future hiring, innovation and growth.

Driving the news: The first research from the newly launched Nasdaq Economic Institute links the surge in one-person business formation to advances in generative AI and agentic coding tools.