The OPC Capability Stack: A Conceptual Framework for AI-Enabled One-Person Companies
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This manuscript investigates how One-Person Companies (OPCs) can scale organizational functions that have traditionally depended on teams. Drawing upon the literature on digital entrepreneurship, AI-driven organizations, agent-based systems, and One-Person Laboratories, the study examines the transformation of OPCs from a legal and organizational construct into a technology-enabled operating model. As its primary contribution, the manuscript proposes the OPC Capability Stack, a conceptual framework that explains how a single individual can dissociate operational scale from organizational scale through the integration of four interdependent layers: Founder (Human Capital), AI Agents (Functional Layer), Cloud Computing (Token Capital), and Digital Platforms (Market Layer). The framework argues that organizational scalability emerges not from workforce expansion, but from the coordinated orchestration of human judgment, computational resources, autonomous agents, and digital distribution mechanisms. The study further positions artificial intelligence as a capability amplifier that augments, rather than replaces, human decision-making and accountability. The proposed framework contributes to the emerging literature on AI-enabled organizations by offering a structured model for understanding how individual operators can achieve department-scale outcomes while preserving human governance, responsibility, and strategic control.
Source: Preprints.org
Author: Diego Nogare
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225744790
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