In a commentary, SMU Vice President (Partnerships and Engagement) and Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication & Technology Lim Sun Sun said agentic AI is lowering barriers to entrepreneurship and opening up new career pathways. She noted that AI-powered solopreneurship allows founders to operate with greater autonomy, agility and lower costs, while supporting the entire business journey from ideation and prototyping to marketing, execution and fulfilment. Citing ChaseFlow, an AI-native fintech start-up from SMU’s Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s Business Innovations Generator (BIG) incubation programme, as an example, Prof Lim highlighted how AI is enabling one-person ventures to scale more effectively. She added that incubation programmes such as BIG play an important role in addressing founders’ blind spots by providing access to mentors, enterprise partners and investor networks. With entry-level job opportunities shrinking, Prof Lim suggested that solopreneurship could emerge as a viable new pathway for career development.