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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says Launching an Agentic AI Company Is an Easy Path to Money

November 9, 2026 at 16:16 EST

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that making money is "actually easy" for anyone willing to found an agentic AI company and build an agent that performs a task.

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Schmidt Says Agentic AI Makes Money "Actually Easy"

The former Google CEO framed founding an agent-focused AI company as a straightforward route to revenue. The remark is brief and offers no data, business model, or reasoning to back it up.

The path Schmidt describes

STEP 1

Found an agentic AI company

→

STEP 2

Build an agent to do something

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STEP 3

Money is made

Stated as "actually easy"; no mechanism given

What supports the claim

Investor and developer interest in AI agents has grown.
Agents can handle multistep tasks such as booking, research, coding, and workflow management.
Schmidt's background as former Google CEO gives the remark weight.

What remains unsettled

Reliability of agents in real deployments.
Pricing of autonomous tools.
Whether customers will pay for agents at scale.

Key takeaway

A general observation, not a verified assessment of any company or market.

Condition 1

Agents must perform well in real deployments.

Condition 2

Early experiments must turn into sustained revenue.

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