Abstract The Virgen Framework presents a provocative response to one of the central assumptions in entrepreneurship and organization theory: that scale requires proportional increases in human labor, managerial hierarchy, and operational cost. In the reviewed article, the framework is introduced as an AI-driven model for launching and operating large ventures with a small team, or even a single founder, by treating artificial intelligence not as a support tool but as a core m

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