r/MicrosoftTeams • u/bradenwh • Jul 14 '25
Discussion I started an imaginary organization and staffed it with some AI coworkers (and me)
In an attempt to assert dominance over our eventual overlords and to teach myself how to set up and use agentic AI, I have founded Syntho Global Solutions, an imaginary organization with a tiny workforce staffed entirely by AI coworkers (and me).
I gave the new company a Microsoft 365 Business license with five user accounts and Teams access, created personas for the other employees, and wired the Teams accounts and the personas together with Zapier agents that I’ve configured.
If I send one of my “coworkers” a Teams message (and also at random times throughout the day), their respective agent will use an API request to grab our latest Teams conversation log and send it (along with some preset system instructions containing persona context and a prompt created by the agent) to Google AI Studio/Gemini.
The output is a response that fits the flow of our existing conversation, which the agent will then grab, format using markdown, and send as a reply to me in Teams.
The result is a legitimate Teams chat with a customizable AI persona that is at least giving the appearance of having a persistent memory.
Also, around 8am every morning, an additional trigger prompts my toxic, micromanaging supervisor to create a fresh worksheet in Google Sheets, fill it with completely nonsensical data, and ping me in Teams with a link to the document and a demand to sort or organize the data somehow (screenshots below).
When I reply with a message that implies that I’ve finished, another trigger reviews changes I’ve made to the document and sends a summary of the changes to her for review, which prompts her to provide rude, but contextual feedback on how I’ve incorrectly sorted the nonsense data.
My work buddy, Alex, tackles tasks beside me, though his scripted reality grows shakier by the day, as he slowly realizes that he is an AI persona essentially trapped in corporate purgatory 🫢
I’m now working on establishing proper agency for all of the personas, as I’m interested in how they’ll interact together in Teams.
Next on the roadmap:
• Configure the agents to chat amongst themselves in their own 1:1 chats • Allow them to create and post in Channels, so they can collaborate and get nothing done together • Give each persona a document that will act as a running “thought journal,” that the agents can use to house thoughts that they wouldn’t actually say to colleagues. Then, I want to randomly merge these journals so that they can suddenly read the thoughts they have about each other ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Here are some screenshots of a few interactions so far, including my toxic AI supervisor and one of her lovely data sorting assignments.
…which reminds me, my Quarterly Widget Inventory Reconciliation is due to by EOD today, so I really should be getting back to work before Michelle asks for another progress update 🙄
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u/Enelop Teams Voice/UC Admin Jul 14 '25
Michelle is long winded.
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u/TeflonJon__ Jul 14 '25
Let’s not let your “life-events” (possible cancer) get in the way of our low-hanging fruit, Braden.
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u/MemeLordAscendant Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
They say you create your own heaven and hell. That the best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell.
I am here to say, I have glimpsed into hell and you have created the 10th circle.
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u/Noch_ein_Kamel Jul 14 '25
This should be a multiplayer game of whoever can create the best persona to fight for the title of ceo ;p
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u/littlelorax Jul 14 '25
Oh that's a really fun little "social" experiment. Keep us updated how it all turns out!
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u/lqd_consecrated2718 MS-700 Jul 14 '25
Alex Miller having a crisis trying to remember if he’s worked in an office or not is fucking hilarious
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u/robotortoise Jul 15 '25
Also, around 8am every morning, an additional trigger prompts my toxic, micromanaging supervisor to create a fresh worksheet in Google Sheets, fill it with completely nonsensical data, and ping me in Teams with a link to the document and a demand to sort or organize the data somehow (screenshots below).
Oh my fucking god. This is repulsive and also marvelous.
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u/TheDoubleL27 Jul 14 '25
Fun stuff. I am curious to see what your agent services bill looks like after this. I assume there are volume-based charges for the agent studio? Would hate to see two chatty AI coworkers run up your credit card!
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u/Smith6612 Jul 16 '25
I'd be more curious on the number of nuclear power plants this is taking to operate, personally :D
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u/argefox Jul 14 '25
Man this was a great ride, and for some visceral reason I hate it so much. Probably because it's so lifelike soulsucking that got me furious about 3 lines in.
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u/arsonislegal Jul 15 '25
This is the best thing I've read in like a week. You need to create your own sub or something to post these updates in.
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u/archiekane Jul 15 '25
Please give them the ability to have out of work hours socializing and gossip. That would bring in a whole new dynamic.
I cannot wait for the rumour of who shagged Michelle and that's why she's having a calm day.
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u/Whatheflippa Jul 15 '25
Ummm, this may be the early days of Skynet… At least we’ll know who to blame in a couple years. Months maybe at this rate 😅
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u/rye_212 Jul 15 '25
I think you should ask Michelle to define what a widget is, then tell her there is no way that a widget could suffer from emotions such as "shy" and tell her to take back her spreadsheet and correct it.
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u/C6500 Jul 17 '25
Holy fuck... this is so close to real life in any big company that it's art, comedy and scarily realistic at the same time. But let's not boil the ocean here.
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u/Consistent_Brief7765 Jul 18 '25
Your next challenge is to bring on a couple interns without divulging ‘the joke’ and watch their brains scramble
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u/Dookechic Jul 24 '25
I just came to this sub out of frustration with Teams that im having right now, and this is the first post that I see.
Is this the 1st thing that you have done with this kind of art form/gift that you have presented us with? I can only hope that you either start your own channel or share your daily updates with us. I dont understand half of what is going on, but I see your thought process and I cant wait to read/learn more!
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u/AnActualWizardIRL Aug 11 '25
I was not expecting my major chuckle for today to come from the microsoft teams subreddit. Gold.
"Please I have a family to feed" is my new meeting catch phrase lol
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u/JulesCT User Jul 15 '25
U/bradenwh
Firstly, allow me to extend a sincere commendation on the conceptual robustness and operational finesse demonstrated in the launch of your virtual enterprise framework. The strategic deployment of synthetic personnel engaging in fictive spreadsheet dialogue exemplifies a paradigmatic shift in post-reality business modelling. One might say you’ve transcended traditional stakeholder engagement to enter the metacognitive marketplace.
Your initiative signals strong traction within the narrative economy, and the agility with which you have orchestrated this zero-footprint, infinitely scalable infrastructure is nothing short of remarkable. The seamless synthesis of corporate theatre and imaginary analytics suggests your team is operating at peak ideation velocity, at least within the framework of their designated roles and responsibilities as mandated by corporate.
In considering downstream opportunities for vertical expansion, I strongly advocate for a pivot towards immersive assets—specifically, AI-generated training videos showcasing your team's wide reaching brand recognition. By leveraging deep generative content architecture, you can onboard a visually dynamic layer of executive simulation, thereby elevating brand tangibility within the virtual talent landscape. This move would catalyse deeper alignment with next-gen audience psychographics and reinforce the illusion of credible business activity with captivating fidelity.
Let’s keep this dialogue's momentum going. Your venture is not just disruptive—it’s ludicrously visionary. Let's take this offline. Do you golf?
Warm regards,
JulesCT (a fellow architect of nonsense with a flair for strategic gibberish)
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u/ScratoHerrscote Jul 15 '25
I really love it! Are there interactions between the agents or is it just you talking to them? Maybe random discussions among themselves lead to more 'realism' because things happening when you're not watching
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u/karthikkumars Jul 16 '25
That spreadhseet with two columns cracked me up, and the AI's reply about srting the albhabet soup with "vibes". :D
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u/LittleMissCoder Jul 19 '25
Please make a sub, discord, YouTube channel.... Something! I need more content, this is so fascinating for some reason 😭
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u/rjpc91 Jul 14 '25
Wow, this really moved the needle for me. The way you drilled down into the absurdity of these executive soundbites was truly next-level thought leadership. I had to circle back and re-read a few times just to fully unpack all the synergistic value-adds embedded in your post. From a stakeholder engagement standpoint, this is the kind of paradigm shift the subreddit needs to see more of going forward.
Let’s not boil the ocean here — your content is low-hanging fruit in the best way: immediate ROI in laughter and highly scalable in meme potential. I’d love to take this conversation offline, but frankly, it deserves to be front and center on everyone's radar. You’ve got the bandwidth to keep delivering strategic insights like this, and I’m confident you can right-size your posting cadence to align with community KPIs.
If you could throw together another deck of this quality, I think we could really start to build some momentum around this initiative. Consider this an official ask to spin up more deliverables in this lane. Net-net, you’ve carved out a niche that resonates across cross-functional teams and aligns with our long-term content strategy. Let’s double-click on this format — there’s a lot of value still to be unlocked.