Always-On Agents

AI labs promise always-on agents that work around the clock, run entire departments, and let a business operate while its owner sleeps. Personal agents already compare prices, book appointments, and buy on behalf of their users. The pressure on leaders to act has never been higher, and it has rarely been harder to tell which claims hold up in practice.

Andreas Welsch decided to find out. He put the vendor claims to the test and built HerculOS, his own multi-agent system with 11 agent roles that run his business for $129 per month. The experiment shows what is real, what is possible, and what happens when artificial intelligence runs your business and life. It also shows where it breaks, what it costs, and why the human above the loop matters more than ever.

Drawing on his first-hand experience and interviews with 30 experts, Andreas shows you how to design a business operating system for your organization, give your agents the context they need to work independently, secure them, and measure what they actually deliver. You will also learn how to prepare your business for customers who send their own agents to search, compare, and buy before those agents decide whether you make the shortlist.

In Always-On Agents, you will discover how to:
— Design a business operating system with clear agent roles, skills, and context
— Extend and secure a multi-agent system without losing control
— Keep agents always on and measure the value they create
— Know which practices transfer to your organization and what to put in place before agents go live
— Prepare for personal agents that shop on behalf of your customers

Spanning architecture, security, leadership, measurement, and agentic commerce, Always-On Agents gives you everything you need to increase the level of agentic AI in your business with confidence, and with your eyes open.

Coming in Early 2027…