Open-Source Paperclip Platform Enables Founders to Build Companies Entirely Run by AI Agents

An open-source orchestration platform called Paperclip has emerged as a framework for building and managing companies where AI agents serve as the entire workforce, reaching 73,000 GitHub stars and attracting global developer contributions since its March 2026 launch. The platform provides founders with a structured environment to coordinate multiple AI agents—deployed through Claude, OpenAI, or other runtimes—as if they were employees, complete with organizational hierarchies, budgeting constraints, and governance controls.