Paperclip is an open-source platform for building a “company” of AI agents, with an org chart, budgets and goals. It’s a bold idea. In practice, your company already has people, customers and systems, and the agents need to work with all of that.
Side by side
| Criteria | Paperclip | Agent in your operations |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Open-source platform (MIT), launched in 2026, that organizes multiple agents into roles with budgets and tasks. | Agents designed around your company’s processes, delivered up and running. |
| Who does the work | You build the org chart, plug in agents like Claude, Codex or OpenClaw and set goals. | We design, build and test it with the people who do the work. |
| Your systems | Depends on the tools of each connected agent. | Connected to your ERP, CRM, WhatsApp, email and spreadsheets. |
| Control | You’re the board: you approve agent hires, pause and correct. Everything is logged. | You approve what matters. Everything is logged. |
| Who builds and maintains it | You, on your own server. A new project, with no company behind it and no paid support. | We monitor and fine-tune it every month, with documentation. |
| Results | Promising for experiments. Still early to run real operations on. | Hours given back and money saved, measured every month. |
Based on public information about each tool, checked in October 2026 · names and trademarks belong to their owners
When Paperclip is enough
When an agent makes more sense
You can use both: we can borrow Paperclip’s ideas of roles, budgets and logs inside agents that work with your team.
FAQ
For some tasks, agents already work on their own from start to finish. But talking to customers, negotiating and deciding still need people. That’s why our focus is taking the repetitive work off your team, not taking away the team.
Yes, when the process calls for it. One agent takes the request, another checks it and another enters it into the system, with you approving what matters.
No. We handle the technical side and train the people who’ll use it. On your side, all you need is someone who knows the process.
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