I mapped out the actual steps to "hire an AI agent team" for a business. It's not what I expectedI went in assuming "hiring AI agents" would look like spinning up individual bots for individual tasks — one for email, one for social, wire them together, babysit the glue code. What I found instead,4h ago · 3 min readtheaicompanyco.hashnode.dev
What actually gets a business recommended by ChatGPT (it's not a switch you flip)I keep seeing "how do I get ChatGPT to recommend my business" treated like an SEO settings toggle. It isn't. ChatGPT recommends businesses based on what's already written about them, in a form it can 4h ago · 3 min readtheaicompanyco.hashnode.dev
I priced out "hire an AI agent" three different ways. Here's what I foundI went looking for what AI agents actually cost in 2026, because every time it comes up in a planning conversation, someone just says "it depends" and moves on. It does depend, but not randomly — most4h ago · 3 min readtheaicompanyco.hashnode.dev
AEO vs SEO: the difference nobody's SEO checklist covers yetI kept seeing "AEO" show up next to SEO in roadmaps and briefs this year, and most of the explanations I found just said "it's SEO but for AI." That's not quite right, and the difference matters if yo4h ago · 3 min readtheaicompanyco.hashnode.dev