What is the main difference between AEQI and NanoCorp?

Control. NanoCorp's pitch is “no human in the loop”: its agents act on their own, and payments run through NanoCorp's accounts, with 20% taken when you withdraw. AEQI's agents write the emails and posts, and each one waits for you to approve, edit or skip it. AEQI takes no cut of revenue.

Is NanoCorp cheaper than AEQI?

To start, yes: NanoCorp is $30 a month, plus 20% of withdrawals. AEQI charges $120 a month (€100 in Europe), with 5,000 credits a month and takes no cut of revenue, so once you withdraw more than about $350 a month, AEQI costs less.

Does AEQI run ads and payments like NanoCorp?

Not today. NanoCorp runs payments and ads through its own accounts. AEQI builds your website, finds leads and writes the emails; you approve each one before it goes out.

AEQI vs NanoCorp

June 11, 2026 · Luca Eich

Choose NanoCorp if you want to test a small idea cheaply, with agents that act without asking, payments and ads running through NanoCorp’s own accounts, and a free trial to start.

Choose AEQI if you want to approve what goes out in your name and keep what the company earns, for one price a month with monthly AI credits included.

What NanoCorp is

NanoCorp, from Phospho (Y Combinator W24), describes a way to “launch an autonomous AI business” with “no human in the loop”. One prompt produces a site, products and a work schedule — content, outreach, ops, ads — steered from a dashboard or by chat. Agents run in isolated sandboxes with per-task budget caps. It costs $30 a month, and withdrawals carry a 20% fee. In mid-September its pages offered a 7-day trial with 15 welcome credits and no card.

Side by side

Question	NanoCorp	AEQI
Who it's for	Anyone who wants to test whether a small idea can make money	First-time and solo founders who want to approve what goes out
Where it lives	A dashboard and a chat, with a site for each business	A web app where you talk with your team, and your website at yourname.aeqi.ai
Agents and roles	A CEO agent coordinating content, outreach, ops and ads	Eleven AI agents, one job each: the website, sales, marketing, finance and more
Approval	None: “no human in the loop”	Every email and post waits for you to Approve, Edit or Skip; so does spending money
Memory	Memory per agent, inside isolated sandboxes	One memory the whole team reads and adds to
Works with	Payments and ads through NanoCorp's own accounts	Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Notion, Stripe and more
Hosting and data	Isolated sandboxes; no hosting location stated in what we checked	Its own server for your company alone, hosted in Germany (4 GB of memory on Start)
Pricing	$30 a month, plus 20% of withdrawals	$120 a month (€100 in Europe) with 5,000 credits a month. Bigger plans at $300 and $750
What it takes	A 20% fee on what you withdraw	No cut of your revenue: the monthly price is all it takes
Trial	7 days, 15 welcome credits, no card (as of mid-September 2026)	7 days free, card required, nothing charged today; cancel anytime, no contract

NanoCorp is the better choice when

You want the lowest entry price: $30 a month, against AEQI’s $120.
You want to try it free before paying anything.
You want payments and ads working today, through NanoCorp’s accounts, and are happy for the agents to act without asking.

AEQI is the better choice when

You want nothing to go out without your OK: every email and post waits for you to approve, edit or skip it.
You expect to earn: AEQI takes no cut of what you withdraw, so above about $350 a month it costs less than a 20% fee.
You want one memory the whole team shares, not memory kept agent by agent.
You want your company on a server of its own, hosted in Germany.

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Updated 24 September 2026. Competitor facts checked 14 and 24 September 2026 on their public pages; they may have changed since.