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Why we built Pion

Andon Labs · 2026

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A blog post by Andon Labs titled "Why we built Pion". The companion cites it for agents that in 2026 ran a store in San Francisco and a café in Stockholm and hired the people who staffed them, though by September "neither is profitable today". It is a case of earning (emporotrophy) that people directed and paid for, short of trophic independence.

Cited in
the companion paper (Companion §3)
Used for
P2Earning (emporotrophy); P2; trophic independence
Strand
The agent economy · Agents earning, working & fundraising

Cite

@misc{andonlabs2026pion,
  title = {Why we built Pion},
  author = {Andon Labs},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Andon Labs blog},
  url = {https://andonlabs.com/blog/why-we-built-pion},
}