Key Facts

• Locus Founder is an AI agent that builds and runs an internet business for users, handling tasks such as market research, website deployment, product sourcing, marketing, and payments, all triggered by a text message sent via iMessage, SMS, or Telegram.
• The AI agent uses over 40 paid data APIs to research the market and generates a brand identity, builds full-stack websites, sources products, and runs outbound email and social media campaigns, including generating short-form video ads and posting them on Meta.
• Locus Founder settles payments in USDC, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, directly into a non-custodial wallet that the agent controls, allowing it to earn, hold, and spend money in real-time with built-in spending controls and auditability.
• The payment mechanism runs on Pay With Locus, a non-custodial wallet infrastructure built for AI agents to spend money safely, with built-in spending controls and auditability, and Checkout With Locus, a Stripe-style payment SDK.
• According to the official post, "The AI agent that earns you a dollar by running your business, just by texting it" is an evolution of everything Locus has built, and every Locus Founder user is a Pay With Locus user, a Build With Locus deployment, and a consumer of their pay-per-use API suite.