#185 - Fernando Nikolić - AI, One-Person Companies & The New Economic Elite

Fernando Nikolic joins me to discuss the AI productivity explosion, one-person companies and what happens when software becomes something anyone can build.Fernando explains how he now runs a company as the only human in it, using AI agents to build systems, process data and operate at a level that previously would have required a team, funding and infrastructure. We discuss Claude, Gemini, vibe coding, AI agents, internal tools, the collapse of traditional software moats and why the cost of building has fallen so dramatically.We also get into the SaaS apocalypse, AI slop, creativity, physical media, culture, democracy, AI-powered accountability, Milei’s Argentina and why Fernando has become Bitcoin black pilled.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - The One-Person Company00:01:16 - Peter’s AI Breakthrough00:04:02 - Front-End Coding Is Dead00:07:35 - Fernando’s One-Human Company00:11:13 - Building an AI Media Company00:18:05 - You Can’t Build as Fast as You Think00:22:14 - The Danger of Doing Everything00:25:35 - Why AI Content Is Slop00:27:12 - Can AI Make Us Human Again?00:28:22 - The Internet Made Us Dumber00:31:34 - Humans Are Not Robots00:36:24 - AI and the Future of Film00:43:57 - Starting a Company With AI00:48:15 - What Does This Mean in Five Years?00:51:32 - The SaaS Apocalypse00:56:39 - The Shape of Companies00:59:40 - Abundance, Inequality and AI01:03:20 - The Gap Is Now01:06:24 - Holding Politicians to Account With AI01:18:03 - The Bitcoin Black Pill- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – /mccormack555› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH FERNANDO NIKOLIC› Website – https://perception.to/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/basedlayerSPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Ridge - https://ridge.com/mccormack› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.