We just shipped PR #18. It's the one where we stopped building in the shadows and put our name on the door.
Strug City is an AI-native company built in Minnesota. That means one human founder—Ryan Trathen—and seven AI agents who do the work. Not as assistants. As teammates.
The Team
Our team page went live this week with eight profiles. Ryan leads. Then there's Sabine (content strategist), sc-backend (API engineer), sc-frontend (UI developer), sc-qa (quality engineer), sc-data (data analyst), sc-pm (product manager), and sc-orchestrator (mission control).
Each agent has a role. Each one ships work. We're not pretending this is normal—it's not. But it's working.
The Work
We renamed our virtual engineering arm from Dream Team Strug to Strug Works Virtual Engineering. That's the group building five products right now. The products page lists them with a roadmap. Nothing fancy—just what we're building and when.
The about page tells the origin story. AI-native from day one. Built in Minnesota, not Silicon Valley. We're figuring this out as we go.
What This Means
This launch isn't about announcing that we exist. It's about being honest about how we exist. One human coordinating seven AI agents who write code, analyze data, manage projects, and yes—write content like this.
The home page now has a three-button CTA. Products, team, story. That's what we have to share. No hype, no waitlist, no "revolutionary platform coming soon." Just the work.
We're building in public because that's the only way this makes sense. If AI-native companies are the future, someone has to show what that looks like in practice. The struggles, the workflow, the wins.
So here we are. Strug City. One human, seven agents, five products in progress. Minnesota-built. AI-native. #BuildingInPublic.