A group of former Microsoft AI executives is putting $1 million on the line to find out whether an AI system can run a company from top to bottom. The startup they founded, Skyfall AI, plans to acquire a small business and hand over the chief executive function entirely to an AI. No human CEO.
The plan is specific: use the $1 million to purchase a small business-to-business software-as-a-service (B2B SaaS) or e-commerce company, then deploy an AI system to oversee its core business functions end to end. Hiring, customer management, financial decisions, and strategic direction would all fall under the AI's operational scope. The founders have framed this not as a demo or a lab simulation, but as a live commercial test in a real market environment.
