India, May 27 -- Artificial intelligence could soon lead to the rise of solopreneurs, one or two staff members who could single-handedly run a billion-dollar company as early as 2026, Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, said.

At Anthropic's Code with Claude developer conference, Amodei claimed that new AI models are so advanced that they could help single-person businesses grow like never before.

Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, who is also Anthropic's chief product officer, asked Amodei if a single person could create such a business using AI; he said it could happen as early as 2026.

"I think it'll be in an area where you don't need a lot of human-institution-centric stuff to make money," Amodei added, suggesting tha...