The Arlington Bagel newsletter: a real local business run entirely by Grokbot agents
Billy Howell runs a local newsletter called the Arlington Bagel, which goes out to 6,000 Arlingtonians every Thursday. The newsletter used to be handled by his cousin Marshall, who did the research, writing, editing, and email management. When Marshall left for a summer camp with no internet, Billy replaced that entire workflow with a Grokbot agent team. The newsletter is the live, real-world example he uses to demonstrate how Grokbot can run a small business end to end.
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