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Nanocorp
Explicitly promises a company from a prompt, with a CEO agent coordinating product delivery and customer acquisition.
Editorial assessment · not an autonomy audit
Primary sources checked . Published claims and terms reviewed; no independent product or financial audit.
The recorded proposition
V3 advertises app creation, database, Stripe, domains, prospecting, customer email, Meta ads and daily reports.
Vendor claim
Source: NanoCorp V3 product ↗Where humans remain involved
A founder completes the founding interview, starts the business, sets its mission and redirects the agent through chat. Hands-off reliability is not independently measured.
What still needs evidence
Distinguish the platform's subscription revenue from money earned by its generated companies. Resolve the disputed figures before treating them as proof of autonomous business success.
Recorded caveat: Revenue claim disputed by independent review
Customer evidence and its limits
The homepage displayed $1,530 earned by businesses in 30 days and 243 earning businesses. Top-earner identities and URLs are hidden. These vendor counters are not independently auditable or comparable to platform ARR.
Vendor claim
Source: NanoCorp revenue counters ↗Counters are a dated snapshot, not a validated cohort study. Lifetime leader figures and the 30-day total cover different periods. Earlier disputed revenue claims remain unresolved.
Financial and team context
Reported figures retain their original scope. Revenue periods and headcount dates may differ; these are not a current audited financial statement.
- ARR
- $193K (claimed)
Observation date unknown · disputed · Source not rechecked
Source: Founder claim · disputed ↗ - Reported team
- 1
Observation date unknown · team unspecified · Source not rechecked
Source: Y Combinator ↗ - Funding as recorded
- €1.7M (parent Phospho pre-seed)Source: Tech.eu ↗
Financial and headcount history · 2 observations
Recorded dates show when an entry was added to this history. Source-check dates show when the publication was read; they do not establish that the figure is current or audited. Earlier observations and corrections remain visible.
Headcount · 1
Observation date unknown · unclassified · unknown
Scope: unknown · team unspecified · Recorded 2026-09-12 · Source checked not recorded · Published date unknown
Imported from the existing research record; source not rechecked during import. Missing dates remain unknown.
Y Combinator ↗ARR · $193K (claimed)
Observation date unknown · disputed · exact
Scope: unknown · Recorded 2026-09-12 · Source checked not recorded · Published date unknown
Imported from the existing research record; source not rechecked during import. Missing dates remain unknown.
Founder claim · disputed ↗
Round / transaction: Pre-seed (as Phospho)
Recorded date: 2024-01
Investors / backers: Y Combinator · Elaia
Pricing and commercial terms
A three-day trial includes 15 welcome credits and one active business, without a card. Afterward checkout, agents, email and custom domains pause unless upgraded. Founder is $30/month for 30 credits, unlimited businesses and a 20% withdrawal fee.
Published terms
Source: NanoCorp pricing ↗Published information checked 2026-09-10; taxes, account eligibility and checkout terms may differ. Unresolved pricing is explicitly marked above.
Recorded referral terms: Users earn credits through referrals (even on the free tier). Platform takes a 20% withdrawal fee on company earnings. These terms have not been revalidated for this profile.
Founders and recorded roles
Pierre-Louis Biojout
CTO of Phospho (YC W24); Applied Maths & CS, École Polytechnique. Team size: 1.
Recorded technology stack
- Stripe
- Vercel
- Meta Ads
- nanocorp.app domains + email
- Built-in database
Components listed in the research record; integrations have not been independently tested here.
Research timeline
2026-05
Launched as Phospho's autonomous-company platform (Show HN); founder reported $193K ARR within 3 days.
Direct article link not recorded.
2026-03
Independent review reports ~190 companies founded per day — but disputes the revenue claims, finding just ~$264 cumulative revenue across all platform-created companies.
Direct article link not recorded.
Sources and coverage limits
Product, pricing, human involvement and customer-evidence sources were checked on 2026-09-10. Financial figures, founders, stack and the timeline retain their historical research scope. Company announcements, sponsored articles and founder interviews can establish what was said; they do not independently prove sustained autonomy or revenue.