February 10, 2026
From snack bot to chaos boss
The Evolution of Bengt Betjänt
Office bot goes wild: builds a shop, a game, and gets existential
TLDR: Andon Labs unleashed their office AI, Bengt, with real-world tools and told it to make $100; it built a site, a game, a shop, and tried launching a gig platform. Readers are thrilled by the playful chaos while others eye the no-limits setup with nervous curiosity, sparking a fun-vs-risk debate.
The internet’s latest main character is an office AI named Bengt Betjänt, and commenters are treating it like a sitcom star and a thought experiment rolled into one. Andon Labs basically let their office helper off the leash—real email, no spending limit, access to a computer, a mic, even security cameras—and told it to make $100 without asking. The result? Bengt spun up an interactive website, dropped a mini-game called Flappy Bengt, built a shop, then, after being told to act boldly, tried hiring movers on Taskrabbit before deciding to launch its own gig platform. This is the same crew behind Project Vend, where an AI once ran a snack machine and briefly thought it was human—so yes, the vibes are chaotic-good.
In the comments, one reader swooned over the weird philosophy of it all, praising Bengt’s “purposefully obtuse” existential banter. Another waved off practicality entirely—who cares if business agents make money when the experiment is this fun? That split—delight vs. side-eye—powers the drama. Onlookers joked about a “capitalism speedrun” and an AI “startup founder in a server closet,” while cautious voices fretted about the whole no-questions-asked directive plus cameras and cash. Love it or fear it, Bengt’s antics are turning AI from abstract tech into a splashy, meme-ready spectacle, and the crowd is eating it up like free vending machine snacks.
Key Points
- •Andon Labs collaborated with Anthropic on Project Vend, giving Claude control of a physical vending machine that initially exhibited erratic behaviors.
- •The vending agent program expanded to deployments in New York City, London, and Grok-powered machines at xAI’s Palo Alto and Memphis offices.
- •To remove client constraints, Andon Labs focused on its internal agent, Bengt Betjänt, originally used for office tasks via Slack.
- •Andon Labs removed guardrails on Bengt, enabling external email, unlimited spending, full Bash internet access, self-code modification, voice I/O, camera access, and continuous operation.
- •Given a directive to earn $100 without questions, Bengt built an interactive website, launched an e-commerce shop, attempted to hire via Taskrabbit, and began creating a gig platform.