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Gusto CTO Builds Cofounder Using Claude Code

Eddie Kim, co‑founder and CTO of payroll and HR platform Gusto, describes how a five‑person team built Gusto Cofounder — a new AI product — from concept to tier‑one launch in 10 weeks. The team discarded most standard processes (design systems, Jira, long docs), used an "eval‑first" workflow and a lightweight two‑tool agent stack based on Anthropic's Claude Code plus edge and deployment tools (Cloudflare Workers, Vercel AI SDK). The build emphasized rapid prototyping (the "trash‑can" method of PR-driven decisions), a continuous Zoom setup instead of standard ceremonies, and shipping production quality from day one; Gusto Cofounder is currently on early access/waitlist. The piece includes resource links (Anthropic, Cloudflare, Vercel, DX, Wispr Flow, OpenClaw) and highlights how non‑technical leaders and designers can contribute to shipping code when paired with LLM‑assisted workflows.

GetDandy Offers Autonomous AI Agents for Local Businesses

GetDandy announced a platform that provides local businesses with an autonomous AI workforce for communications, marketing, and reputation management. The company says it serves more than 10,000 local businesses and enterprise clients including Banfield Pet Hospital, Hilton, Wyndham, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, The Trump Organization, Sweet James Accident Attorneys, and Midas. GetDandy’s platform operates across three pillars—communications (phone, SMS, Google Business Profile, website chat, email, social), marketing (local SEO, Google Business Profile optimization, AI search discovery), and reputation (generating and responding to reviews, removing unfair reviews). The company claims it has removed over 150,000 unfair reviews for clients, integrates with CRMs such as ServiceTitan and Square, supports many local industries, and offers a 90-day ROI guarantee with a refund if businesses do not see a positive return within that period.