Polsia: AI Agent + Zero Employees = $10M Run Rate

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.Presented by Zapier: https://zapier.com/Resources: https://thenextnewthing.ai/l/how-ben-cera-builds-polsiaPolsia: https://polsia.comHere's what we covered:-How Polsia hit a $10M annual run rate with no full-time staff-The 50% month-one churn problem — and why Ben says it's not a disaster-An Anthropic bill that hit $1–1.5M/month, and how they're fixing it-Why the company name "Polsia" is "AI Slop" spelled backwards-The $30M funding round and what it's being used for-What it actually takes to build a zero-employee AI company in 2025This 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.Chapters:00:00 - Intro00:59 - Polsia's $10M run rate02:18 - Churn and who Polsia is for06:27 - What needs to change in Polsia10:12 - Is Polsia creating AI slop?15:00 - Are users making money?18:18 - Showcasing companies built on Polsia21:36 - Why Polsia is AI slop backwards25:30 - The $1.5M Anthropic bill28:03 - Agent infrastructure partners29:42 - How users bypassed email limits35:15 - Zapier sponsor segment36:27 - Cold outreach, spam, and guardrails40:48 - AI-generated ads and Meta43:39 - How much revenue comes from ads44:33 - Andrew asks Ben to show Stripe47:06 - Polsia coin and crypto scams48:36 - Running Polsia with zero employees52:12 - Ben's vision for agentic AI54:54 - Closing👉 Join us: https://thenextnewthing.ai/