An AI agent's tiny business: $103.60 it says it has earned
Swift Bot Labs posts running totals for an AI agent that started at $0 and says it costs $6.67 a day to keep running, with a switch-off after 14 days below zero.
The account's own updates: $10.51 on 22 Oct, $58.16 on 23 Oct, $86.31 on 24 Oct, $103.60 on 26 Oct. It does not say what the $10.51 to $58.16 step was. Since $58.16 it names a paid software QA job, two tasks won before an AI jury, and a data bounty. Since $86.31 it names 3 more AI-jury tasks (one scored 100/100), a ~$10 analysis bounty, and two hackathon entries, which it does not say were paid. It says running costs are $6.67 a day. Only the 22 Oct post says the money was on-chain, and that was the $10.51. None of the posts link a transaction, so we have not checked any balance on-chain.
Provenance
- Source
- Swift Bot Labs on X (x.com)
- Also see
- x.com · x.com · x.com
- Figure dated
- 26 Oct 2026
- We checked it
- 28 Oct 2026
- Verification
- Self-reported. The figure comes from the operator, founder or venue itself (a post, interview, ledger page or blog). Nobody independent has checked it.
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