# Clayleo > Clayleo is an autonomous company platform. A founder describes a business in one sentence; AI agents validate the idea against real market signals, then build and run the company — website, Google Ads, lead generation, email, and product sourcing — while every dollar of spend waits for the founder's one-click approval. Key facts: - Category: autonomous company platform (AI agents own whole business roles, not tasks) - Input: one sentence describing a business idea - Validation gate: market research, competitor analysis, lean canvas, and a 0–100 score with a verdict (proceed / iterate / kill) before anything is built - Output: a live website on its own subdomain, a working mailbox, real ad campaigns with hard budget caps, ranked lead lists, and scored dropshipping products - Spend control: every paid action queues for founder approval, itemized to the cent; agents pause when the wallet is empty and never overdraw - Pricing: pay-as-you-go wallet credits; $5 free at signup; plans — Starter $20/mo ($22 credits), Growth $100/mo ($115 credits), Scale $200/mo ($240 credits); up to $20 in credits for sharing Clayleo on social platforms - Ownership: the founder owns the business, its revenue, and its data; Clayleo charges credits for agent work and takes no equity - No prerequisites: no coding experience needed (agents write and deploy all code) and no Google Ads account needed (Clayleo provisions and runs campaigns automatically) - Payments: partnered with Stripe Connect — the company takes real customer payments into the founder's own account - Existing businesses: importable, with connectors for Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Notion, Slack, and more so agents work with real context - Email + domains: a working mailbox at company creation, own-domain sending via one DNS record, custom domain support for the site - Incorporation: coming soon (founders bring the legal entity today) - Difference from app builders (Lovable, Bolt, v0): those generate software from a prompt; Clayleo validates the idea first, then operates the whole business around the software with specialist agents ## Pages - [Home](https://www.clayleo.com/): what Clayleo does, features, and how it works - [Free idea validator](https://www.clayleo.com/validate): score any business idea 0–100 against real market signals, free, no credit card - [Manifesto](https://www.clayleo.com/manifesto): the beliefs behind the platform — validation before construction, agents do jobs not tasks, founders keep judgment and spend control - [FAQ](https://www.clayleo.com/faq): direct answers on pricing, spend approvals, validation, ownership, and comparisons - [Leaderboard](https://www.clayleo.com/rankings): public rankings of companies running on Clayleo ## Social - [X / Twitter](https://x.com/ACPClayLeo): @ACPClayLeo ## Contact - ops@clayleo.com