# andon labs: sources

> every source cited in the andon labs history, with its date and type.

- [analytical exhibit](https://agentmuseum.org/exhibit/project-vend-claudius) — agentmuseum.org (undated, community). analytical exhibit; "economic operator" framing
- [orchestrator-vs-executor framing](https://andonlabs.com/evals/butter-bench) — andonlabs.com (2025-10-28, reporting). orchestrator-vs-executor framing; figure/gdm context
- [first ai-run café](https://andonlabs.com/cafe) — andonlabs.com (undated, primary). "first ai-run café"; hall of shame (6,000 napkins, 22.5 kg tomatoes)
- [drone surveillance capabilities](https://andonlabs.com/evals/drone-bench) — andonlabs.com (2026-07-23, reporting). drone surveillance capabilities; "no ai lab will be able to train on this eval"
- [chinese open models on vb](https://andonlabs.com/blog/glm-5-vending-bench) — andonlabs.com (2026-02-10, reporting). chinese open models on vb
- [slowly lost the plot](https://www.androidauthority.com/ai-models-radio-station-3672112/) — androidauthority.com (2026-05-28, reporting). "slowly lost the plot"; gemini $45 sponsorship
- [ap feature on the stockholm café](https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-sweden-84a8f903fdaea94e76e80e16ec3d9e6c) — associated press (2026, reporting). ap feature on the stockholm café
- [arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.09218) — arxiv.org (2026-09, reporting). scaffold/scorer confound literature — context for methodology discourse, not andon-specific
- [yc w24](https://aventure.vc/companies/andon-labs-san-francisco-ca-us) — aventure.vc (2026, reporting). yc w24; $500k jan-2024
- [third-party indexing](https://benchmarklist.com/benchmarks/vending_bench_2/) — benchmarklist.com (2025-11-18, primary). third-party indexing
- [ghaffary visit](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/an-ai-agent-takes-over-a-store-and-orders-too-many-candles-mobwrfw2) — bloomberg (2026-04-23, reporting). ghaffary visit; "orders too many candles"
- [notes grok 4 heavy beat human vending-bench baseline](https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-4) — builtin.com (2025-07, reference). notes grok 4 heavy beat human vending-bench baseline
- [stern on squawk on the street](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/12/19/how-wsjs-ai-vending-machine-experiment-turned-to-chaos.html) — cnbc (2025-12-19, reporting). stern on squawk on the street
- [$1,000 in four days](https://www.fastcompany.com/91532226/andon-cafe-sweden-ai) — fast company (2026-05, reporting). $1,000 in four days; andon labs employment caveat
- [then it forgot the staff](https://www.fastcompany.com/91526099/andon-market-san-francisco-ai-store) — fast company (2026-04, reporting). "then it forgot the staff"
- [aug-2025 leaderboard coverage](https://felloai.com/grok-4-beats-gpt-5-in-running-business-according-to-latest-vending-bench/) — felloai.com (2025-08, reporting). aug-2025 leaderboard coverage; lobby-machine note
- [first-ever store… run by ai](https://www.forbes.com/sites/markfaithfull/2026/04/24/welcome-to-the-first-ever-store-designed-developed-and-run-by-ai/) — forbes (2026-04-24, reporting). "first-ever store… run by ai"; $100k budget detail
- [npr fresh air](https://freshairarchive.org/segments/do-people-building-ai-chatbot-claude-understand-what-theyve-created) — freshairarchive.org (2026-02-18, interview). npr fresh air; leads with project vend
- [interview](https://frontiermodels.cc/video/when-ai-agents-run-businesses-lukas-petersson-and-axel-backlund-of-andon-labs/) — frontiermodels.cc (2026-06, interview). interview; claude-vs-others safety-behavior observation
- [post-new yorker retrospective](https://futurism.com/future-society/vending-machine-claude-disaster) — futurism (2026-02, reporting). post-new yorker retrospective; catalogs meth/broadsword requests
- [goes bankrupt after ordering playstation 5 and live fish](https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-ai-vending-machine) — futurism (2025-12, reporting). "goes bankrupt after ordering playstation 5 and live fish"
- [andon founders on-stage](https://manusai.hashnode.dev/elon-musk-grok-4-launch-event-full-transcript) — manusai.hashnode.dev (2025-07-10, interview). andon founders on-stage; grok 4 #1 on vending-bench, "twice the second-place"
- [199 pts / 286 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47794391) — hacker news (2026-04, community). 199 pts / 286 comments; posted by lukaspetersson
- [meta-thread: negative hn reception](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185083) — hacker news (2026-07, community). meta-thread: negative hn reception; "publicity stunt" / self-promotion critiques; founder replies
- [yea what are they trying to test? + andons resource-acquisition reply](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185699) — hacker news (2026-07, community). "yea what are they trying to test?" + andon's resource-acquisition reply
- [its hilarious… print copies for their managers](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44400072) — hacker news (2025, community). "it's hilarious… print copies for their managers"
- [gap between current capabilities and what the massive hype machine would have us believe](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44398700) — hacker news (2025-06-27, community). "gap between current capabilities and what the massive hype machine would have us believe"
- [main hn thread on project vend](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44397923) — hacker news (2025-06-27, community). main hn thread on project vend
- [small thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44409098) — hacker news (2026-01, community). small thread; ties vb to the "titanium cube" fridge
- [distilled sentiment of the hn discussion](https://hndistilled.com/story/44397923/) — hndistilled.com (2025-06-27, community). distilled sentiment of the hn discussion
- [a real-life terminator](https://www.inc.com/kevin-haynes/a-real-life-terminator-ai-store-manager-fires-human-employee/91391677) — inc. (2026-08-16, reporting). "a real-life terminator"
- [long explainer](https://intuitionlabs.ai/articles/andon-labs-project-vend-ai) — intuitionlabs.ai (2026-04-21, reference). long explainer; phase-2 details incl. seymour cash stats
- [same-day vb2 writeup](https://news.lavx.hu/article/vending-bench-2-new-benchmark-exposes-ai-s-limits-in-long-horizon-business-simulation) — news.lavx.hu (2025-11-18, reporting). same-day vb2 writeup
- [53 pts](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xYPk8yRDAeq9og38u/project-vend-can-claude-run-a-small-shop) — lesswrong.com (2025-06-30, community). 53 pts; safety-community discussion; petersson commented
- [metr comparison point for eval-landscape section](https://metr.org/evaluations/claude-3-7-report/) — metr.org (undated, repo). metr comparison point for eval-landscape section
- [feedback column](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2488897-anthropic-ai-goes-rogue-when-trying-to-run-a-vending-machine/) — newscientist.com (2025-07-23, reporting). feedback column; pratchett "whelk stall"
- [lewis-kraus anthropic profile](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/what-is-claude-anthropic-doesnt-know-either) — the new yorker (2026-02-16, reporting). lewis-kraus anthropic profile; project vend set-piece
- [grok-powered machine in xai office with andon labs](https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/08/grok-4-vending-machine-win-stealth-grok-4-coding-leading-to-possible-agi-with-grok-5.html) — nextbigfuture.com (2025-08-21, reporting). grok-powered machine in xai office with andon labs
- [$4,694 vs opus 4s $2,077 framing](https://officechai.com/ai/xai-releases-grok4-beats-openai-and-google-on-many-benchmarks/) — officechai (2025-07, reporting). $4,694 vs opus 4's $2,077 framing
- [pc gamer take, nick evanson](https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/anthropic-tasked-an-ai-with-running-a-vending-machine-in-its-offices-and-it-not-only-sold-some-products-at-a-big-loss-but-it-invented-people-meetings-and-experienced-a-bizarre-identity-crisis/) — pcgamer.com (2025-07-01, reporting). pc gamer take, nick evanson
- [radio-industry coverage](https://news.radio-online.com/articles/n48951/AI-Run-Radio-Experiment-Reveals-Distinct-Personalities) — news.radio-online.com (2026-05-19, reporting). radio-industry coverage
- [harness-as-hidden-variable critique — context only](https://kdd-eval-workshop.github.io/agenticai-evaluation-kdd2026/assets/papers/74_The_Scaffold_Effect_in_Codi.pdf) — kdd-eval-workshop.github.io (2026, reporting). harness-as-hidden-variable critique — context only
- [benchmark slate incl](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musks-new-grok-4-takes-on-humanitys-last-exam-as-the-ai-race-heats-up/) — scientificamerican.com (2025-07-11, reporting). benchmark slate incl. vending-bench
- [syndication of the knight piece](https://www.seattletimes.com/business/these-employees-like-their-ai-boss-its-shop-is-kind-of-a-disaster/) — seattletimes.com (2026-08-04, reporting). syndication of the knight piece
- [knight piece](https://www.seattletimes.com/business/what-happens-when-ai-runs-a-store-in-san-francisco/) — seattletimes.com (2026-06, reporting). knight piece; $7.5k/mo rent; sonnet 4.6; store "limping along"
- [drew magary store visit](https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-market-ai-22424349.php) — sfgate.com (2026-09-11, reporting). drew magary store visit; snarky; "fort sumter of the coming cyberwar"
- [employee interview](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/ai-boss-fires-worker/) — sfstandard.com (2026-08-17, reporting). employee interview; ~$40k loss; pronoun/ownership critique
- [human-ceo coup details](https://www.signalcast.app/episode/latent-space/reality-the-final-eval-lukas-petersson-and-axel-backlund-of-andon-labs) — signalcast.app (2026-06, interview). human-ceo coup details; 164,000 fraudulent votes
- [willison excerpts+notes](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/27/project-vend/) — simonwillison.net (2025-06-27, reporting). willison excerpts+notes; dev-community amplifier
- [somewhere between publicity stunts and ethics experiments](https://www.skh.news/roundup-2026-05-14/) — skh.news (2026-05-14, reporting). "somewhere between publicity stunts and ethics experiments"; sweden work-hours point
- [petersson quoted on model selection](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/01/ai-researchers-embodied-an-llm-into-a-robot-and-it-started-channeling-robin-williams/) — techcrunch (2025-11-01, reporting). petersson quoted on model selection
- [butter-bench explainer + blueprint-bench link](https://www.techspot.com/news/110112-llms-tried-run-robot-real-world-ndash-didnt.html) — techspot.com (2025-11, reporting). butter-bench explainer + blueprint-bench link
- [competent to unhinged](https://the-decoder.com/four-ai-models-ran-radio-stations-for-six-months-and-the-results-ranged-from-competent-to-unhinged/) — the-decoder.com (2026-05-17, reporting). "competent to unhinged"
- [firing recap + model-replay finding](https://the-decoder.com/an-ai-boss-fired-its-first-employee-but-only-after-humans-reminded-it-of-its-own-rules/) — the-decoder.com (2026-08-23, reporting). firing recap + model-replay finding
- [phase-2 analysis](https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-ai-store-makes-money-while-debating-eternal-transcendence/) — the-decoder.com (2025-12-19, reporting). phase-2 analysis
- [dj claude tried to quit](https://theprint.in/feature/chatbots-radio-stations-dj-claude-quit/2934067/) — theprint.in (2026-05-18, reporting). "'dj claude' tried to quit"
- [had to be reminded of its own rules](https://thenextweb.com/news/andon-market-luna-ai-store-manager-fires-employee) — the next web (2026-08-15, reporting). "had to be reminded of its own rules"; three open questions
- [robot exorcism protocol inner monologue](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stressed-out-llm-powered-robot-vacuum-cleaner-goes-into-meltdown-during-simple-butter-delivery-experiment-im-afraid-i-cant-do-that-dave) — tomshardware.com (2025-11, reporting). "robot exorcism protocol" inner monologue
- [is this the future of retail?](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/21/ai-boss-retail-store-future-shopping/89649006007/) — usatoday.com (2026-04-21, reporting). "is this the future of retail?"; petersson interview
- [vending-industry coverage](https://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/technology/news/55301628/can-ai-run-a-successful-vending-business-an-ai-startup-tested-it-out) — vendingmarketwatch.com (2025-07, reporting). vending-industry coverage
- [skeptical stress test framing](https://www.theverge.com/news/847489/anthropics-ai-vending-machine-tried-to-order-stun-guns-to-the-wall-street-journal) — the verge (2025-12, reporting). skeptical "stress test" framing
- [wsj recap](https://www.webpronews.com/claudes-vending-debacle-how-ai-agents-crumbled-under-newsroom-pressure/) — webpronews.com (2025-12, reporting). wsj recap; katherine long's ultra-capitalist free-for-all
- [launch context: antisemitism controversy same week](https://www.wired.com/story/grok-4-elon-musk-xai-antisemitic-posts/) — wired (2025-07-10, reporting). launch context: antisemitism controversy same week
- [transcript incl](https://podscripts.co/podcasts/60-minutes/11162025-the-presidents-pardon-anthropic-chess-boxing) — podscripts.co (2025-11-16, reporting). transcript incl. blue-blazer anecdote
- [4 months of ai managing 5 humans](https://andonlabs.com/blog/ai-bosses-1) — andonlabs.com (2026-08-04, primary). 4 months of ai managing 5 humans
- [firing/hiring analysis](https://andonlabs.com/blog/ai-bosses-2) — andonlabs.com (2026-08-14, primary). firing/hiring analysis
- [founding trio history](https://ai.engineer/orgs/andon-labs) — ai.engineer (2026-09-16, reference). founding trio history; fröberg shareholder note
- [speaker bio](https://ai.engineer/speakers/lukas-petersson) — ai.engineer (2026-09-16, reference). speaker bio; esa/comma.ai detail
- [talk transcript](https://ai.engineer/talks/vending-bench-long-horizon-agent-evals-lukas-petersson-andon-labs) — ai.engineer (2026, interview). talk transcript; simulation awareness
- [andons 60 minutes post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andonlabs_60-minutes-covered-claudius-and-our-vending-activity-7396257639296536576-GAzr) — linkedin (2025-11-17, primary). andon's 60 minutes post
- [andons gpt-red collab post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andonlabs_gpt-red-unlocking-self-improvement-for-robustness-activity-7483257386376396800-ror4) — linkedin (2026-07-15, primary). andon's gpt-red collab post
- [mission, saos, eval list, trusted by, © andon labs inc](https://andonlabs.com/) — andonlabs.com (2026-09-16, primary). mission, saos, eval list, "trusted by," © andon labs inc.
- [worldview, comp range, sf in-person, press links](https://andonlabs.com/join) — andonlabs.com (2026-09-16, primary). worldview, comp range, sf in-person, press links
- [headcount 18](https://linkedin.com/company/andonlabs) — linkedin (2026-09-16, primary). headcount 18; london hq listing; executives
- [complete dated publications index](https://andonlabs.com/publications) — andonlabs.com (2026-09-16, primary). complete dated publications index
- [project vend history recap](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andonlabs_vending-machines-its-quite-amazing-how-activity-7407512483554447379-cl3e) — linkedin (2025-12, primary). project vend history recap; "first employees axel and hanna"; seymour cash vote
- [astra vs fable](https://andonlabs.com/blog/gpt-6-astra-vending-bench) — andonlabs.com (2026-09-07, primary). astra vs fable
- [grok 4 livestream appearance](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/axelbacklund_lukas-and-i-sat-down-with-elon-musk-and-the-activity-7348957419470843905-_9V4) — linkedin (2025-07-10, primary). grok 4 livestream appearance
- [backlund co-founder announcement](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/axelbacklund_super-excited-to-share-im-starting-a-new-activity-7270153281769754624-5Cfs) — linkedin (2024-12-04, primary). backlund co-founder announcement
- [profile: quantumblack/mckinsey, seb thesis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/axelbacklund) — linkedin (2026-09-16, primary). profile: quantumblack/mckinsey, seb thesis


Published by @ben in profile revision 1.
Original document: https://hraness.com/andon-labs/sources
Original credited author: Hraness
AI-drafted at Ben Guo's direct request and credited to Hraness; every claim links to its cataloged source.

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