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title: "Paperclip: Hire AI Agents Like Employees (Live Demo)"
source_url: https://youtu.be/C3-4llQYT8o
captured_at: 2026-03-27
author: "Greg Isenberg"
contributor: "ชิดชนก"
platform: youtube
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# Paperclip: Hire AI Agents Like Employees (Live Demo)

youtube video by **Greg Isenberg**, 46m42s, uploaded 2026-03-26. URL: https://youtu.be/C3-4llQYT8o
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- 2026-03-27 20:22 by ชิดชนก

## Description
I sit down with Dotta, the pseudonymous co-founder of Paperclip, the open-source agent orchestrator that exploded to 30,000 GitHub stars in under three weeks. We walk through a live demo where I pick a startup idea from my idea browser and we spin up a full AI-agent company in real time — hiring a CEO, founding engineer, QA agent, video editor, and content strategist inside Paperclip. Dotta shares practical tips on agent configuration, memory systems, skill installation, and the "Memento Man" mental model for keeping agents on track. The conversation covers everything from token spend management and agentic design patterns to the future of importable, shareable companies and the upcoming Maximizer Mode.

Skills to build your agent team: 

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro 
02:32 What is Paperclip
04:21 Choosing a Startup Idea for the Demo
05:48 Setting Up your agents
07:51 Hiring Your First Agent and Creating a Plan
12:39 Agent Configuration and Persona Setup
17:08 Skills: Installing and Managing Agent Capabilities
21:02 How to Get Top-Quality Output from Agents
24:05 Token Spend Tracking and Subscription Usage
25:49 Agentic Design Patterns and QA Loops
29:05 Taste and Values: What AI Still