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Allie K. Miller details a workforce of 34 AI agents

June 28, 2026 at 15:02 EDT

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Allie K. Miller, an AI advisor and CEO of Open Machine, has detailed the structure of a "digital workforce" made up of 34 AI agents, arguing that AI agents are shifting from reactive assistants that wait for instructions to proactive workforces that act on their own.

Agentic AI · Open Machine

One Person, a 34-Agent Digital Workforce

AI advisor Allie K. Miller runs a hierarchy of 34 AI agents — led by a Chief of Staff named "Simon" — that pursue goals on their own, marking a shift from reactive assistant to proactive, asynchronous agent.

total AI agents in the workforce

Directors beneath the Chief of Staff

"watchdog" that questions task value

The hierarchy, built to scale

Each block = one tier. Working agents make up the bulk of the headcount.

Chief of Staff
Simon

Directors
(named after Friends)

20+

Working agents
(unnamed)

Watchdog
"is this worth doing?"

The shift in how AI works

Assistant

reactive · answers & summarizes

→

Agentic AI

proactive · pursues goals & uses tools

"Knowledge to action" — agents run asynchronously in the background, without waiting for a prompt. The watchdog exists because the orchestrator lacks a critical eye and can generate busy work.

What works

Persistent memory & async operation
Familiar messaging UI (Slack, Discord)
Clearing inboxes, optimizing ads, CLI tools

The catch

Self-hosted setup is a burden
LLM usage costs — thousands of dollars a year
Security risks & hallucinations need safeguards

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