Manus

Manus is a general-purpose autonomous agent, and for a solo founder it is one of the more accessible ways to delegate a whole task rather than a single step. You give it a goal in plain language and it works in its own cloud workspace, where it can browse the web, run code, use tools, and come back with a finished deliverable: a research report, a spreadsheet, a slide deck, even a small website.

The value for a one-person business is the long tail of one-off jobs that do not justify building an automation: research a market, compile a competitor breakdown, draft a deck, pull together a list. You point Manus at the task, watch its progress, redirect it if it drifts, and pick up the artifacts it produces. No code, and you are running in minutes.

The honest caveats are about autonomy and cost. Because it plans and executes open-endedly, results vary and you should always review what it hands back before using it. And it runs on credits, which a long, complex task can burn through fast, so there is a free allowance to test before the ~$19/mo paid tier. Treat it as a capable, cheap-to-try generalist whose work you verify, not a hands-off employee.