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Markets2026-07-25 · source-backed
Skyfall AI, founded by Sam Pasupalak and Kaheer Suleman (sold Maluuba to Microsoft for ~$160M in 2017), plans to buy a small B2B SaaS or e-commerce company for up to $1M and run pricing, marketing, support, finance and operations with AI as CEO, targeting 2x revenue in six months while publicly documenting failures. Their methodology is "Enterprise World Models," tested on RollerCoaster Tycoon first, which I find either brilliant or a red flag. Separately, JettFounder markets itself as a SaaS company where all 14 "employees" are named AI agents. Skyfall is the credible experiment with named operators and a stated method. JettFounder is self-reported with no metrics and should be read as positioning.
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