"Automate the entire company"

Elicit's founders set a bold 2026 goal: automate the entire company so it runs without human involvement during a hypothetical vacation. The author shares examples from portfolio companies like WindBorne (AI agents embedded in engineering and growth workflows), Spotify (top developers not writing code since December via Slack/Claude Code integration), Shopify (CEO framing company operations as 'context engineering'), and Speak (every function shifting from doing work to directing AI). The author argues that while full company automation seemed delusional months ago, rapid AI progress—especially in agentic software engineering—makes it feel increasingly realistic, with human taste and decision-making becoming more valuable as AI handles routine work.