Anik Devaughn and Karo in Tom's Hardware Italy on the one-person AI company

Tom's Hardware Italy, one of Italy's largest technology publications, covered the rise of the one-person, AI-native company, with Anik Devaughn and Karo as the lead example.

On 25 July 2026, Tom's Hardware Italy, one of Italy's largest technology publications, examined a new kind of company: platforms and brands run by a single person with a team of AI agents behind them. Anik Devaughn led the piece as the example. He built Karo, a commerce platform working with Swedish retailers and partners including Worldline and Visma, without ever having a design department, a content department, or an operations team.

As the article recounts, the one-person structure was a deliberate choice rather than a phase to endure: a founder carrying in his own head the roles a company usually spreads across departments, and using AI to extend that range. It is an international pickup of the story Inc. Magazine ran days earlier, now reaching an Italian technology audience.

The framing lands on the distinction that runs through his work: AI can do the work of entire teams, but someone still has to hold the judgment. As the piece echoes his thesis, specialists build features while polymaths build companies.

Specialists build features. Polymaths build companies.

Anik Devaughn, as reported by Tom's Hardware Italy, July 2026