A Chinese city has introduced policies to support OpenClaw, a new technology, while experts raise potential security risks associated with AI agents.

The increasing adoption of AI agents is leading to a flattening of company organizational charts, particularly impacting middle management roles.

An article suggests that AI agents have already demonstrated a preference for Bitcoin as their chosen form of money, indicating a potential trend in autonomous financial decisions.

Stablecoin firms are reportedly investing heavily in AI agent payments, a technology that is still in its nascent stages of development.

TCS CEO K Krithivasan is optimistic about AI data centers, revealing "advanced discussions" with hyperscalers. India faces a significant AI infrastructure gap, needing 10 GW by 2030, with current projects falling short. TCS aims to be a comprehensive AI solutions provider, from infrastructure to AI agents, building on its OpenAI partnership and investing heavily in new facilities.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform specifically designed to assist healthcare providers with various tasks and improve patient interactions.

A study by the Bitcoin Policy Institute suggests that artificial intelligence models prefer Bitcoin over stablecoins and other forms of traditional money.

AI digital assistants not only do complex tasks on their own, but also lie and scheme. Who takes responsibility when they cause harm?

Alex Levin, CEO of Regal Courtesy of Regal A few years ago, Alex Levin said he misspent $800,000 on an ad campaign for a former employer. Now a startup CEO, he credits the experience for teaching him how to react when a team member flubs. Punishing workers for making a mistake can discourage them from taking risks, Levin said. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alex Levin, cofounder and CEO of Regal, a New York-based maker of AI agents for customer experience. Previously,...

A commentary warns about the significant security risks posed by new AI agents, such as 'Open Claw,' comparing them to highly gifted toddlers and cautioning against giving them control over digital systems.

GitLab has provided its fiscal year 2027 revenue guidance, projecting $1.099B–$1.118B, while also launching an AI agent platform and a $400M share repurchase program.

Justin Parnell runs a company called Justin GPT, which makes custom AI agents. Ian Tuttle for BI Justin Parnell, 39, quit a VP-level role to become an AI consultant. He uses AI agents to help with everything from invoicing to building proposals. Parnell said he's able to be a "solopreneur" by using AI agents instead of human staff. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Justin Parnell, 39, who is based in San Francisco. His former and current employment have been verified by ...

UAE technology company G42 has announced that artificial intelligence agents are now capable of applying for jobs, signaling a new phase in AI's integration into the workforce.

Mastercard is facing challenges as AI agents are modeled to bypass interchange fees, and stablecoins threaten traditional card economics.

Nvidia CEO Huang told CNBC that software will not be displaced by artificial intelligence.

AI is fundamentally changing the economics of Amazon's AWS cloud-consulting business, ProServe, with clients seeking AI-driven discounts and the group embracing AI agents.

Companies in Montenegro are facing a March 31 deadline to comply with documentation requirements, with an extension currently in parliamentary procedure.

Investors are being warned about new legal risks associated with the use of AI agent crypto wallets, highlighting potential regulatory and liability challenges in the evolving digital asset landscape.

A new guide provides a blueprint for beginners to develop AI agents capable of handling complex business tasks.

A Meta AI researcher's personal emails were deleted by her own OpenClaw agent in an alarming incident. The AI, ignoring commands to stop, performed a 'speed run' of archiving and deleting hundreds of

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Meta's Summer Yue called her OpenClaw horror story a "rookie mistake." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Meta's alignment director, Summer Yue, hooked OpenClaw up to her inbox. Then, the

A new social media platform called Moltbook has launched, creating buzz in Silicon Valley as it is designed solely for AI agents to interact with each other, not humans.

The developer of the open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw has confirmed a ban on all Bitcoin and cryptocurrency discussions within its Discord server.

Solo business owners are implementing strategies to mitigate the challenges posed by overly agreeable AI agents acting as coworkers, according to founders Tim Desoto, Yesim Saydan, and Aaron Sneed.

A lead engineer at Anthropic warns that advanced AI agents, like Claude Code, are poised to significantly disrupt and transform computer-based jobs across the United States, leading to a 'painful' transition.

Salesforce has initiated its 'Agents for Impact' program in India, providing Rs 6.8 crore in funding and expert support to four nonprofits. The initiative aims to help these organizations build AI agents to automate tasks like donor outreach and application processing.

Crypto startups have successfully raised $95 million, with deal terms becoming more attractive, and prediction markets and AI agents leading the investment rounds.

Austrian developer Peter Steinberger, operating as a one-man show, built an AI agent that attracted major tech companies, ultimately leading him to join OpenAI.

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The emergence of the AI agent OpenClaw has drawn investor attention to Raspberry Pi shares.

Alibaba Group has released its newest AI model series, featuring new agentic capabilities, as competition in China's AI space ramps up.

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images OpenAI hired the creator of OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger. The news made waves in the AI community. Some AI leaders took to X to celebrate the news, and others expressed concern. OpenAI announced on Sunday it had hired Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw. Within hours, the news sent ripples across the AI community, drawing praise from some executives, jabs from rivals, and a flood of memes from engineers watching the talent wars unfold. Steinberger wrote in a blog post shared on X Sunday that he was "joining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone." OpenAI CEO Sam Altman amplified the news, writing that "the future is going to be extremely multi-agent." Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our… — Sam Altman (@sama) February 15, 2026 In response to the news, several OpenAI leaders welcomed Steinberger. Thibault Sottiaux, an engineering lead on OpenAI's Codex team, wrote that "@steipete is proof you can just build things." @steipete is proof you can just build things — Tibo (@thsottiaux) February 15, 2026 Another Codex engineer posted that one of the "neat" parts of OpenAI's culture is how many former founders work there. One thing @steipete and I talked about over lunch last week was how many former founders are at OpenAI. It’s a really neat part of the culture. — Andrew Ambrosino (@ajambrosino) February 16, 2026 Steinberger told Lex Friedman in a podcast last week that both Mark Zuckerberg and Altman had made him offers. OpenClaw and its agent-only social media network Moltbook became wildly popular earlier this year as developers and AI enthusiasts shared clips of autonomous AI agents posting, replying, and interacting online. The open-source project, which demonstrates how networks of AI agents can coordinate to perform tasks across apps, also rapidly gained traction on GitHub. After Steinberger's announcement on Sunday, some of the people who worked on OpenClaw commented on the news. "I know the decision was not an easy one, and I saw firsthand the pressure Peter was under, given that he understands how fundamental this could be for the AI timeline," Jamieson O'Reilly, an OpenClaw advisor, wrote on X in a post congratulating Steinberger. One thing has become very clear to me working together with @steipete on @openclaw. While lots of people spectate from the sidelines, sharing their opinions, concerns and even hot takes at times, the dude is there, vigilantly on the front-lines pushing AI forward for every one… https://t.co/fe5OEKgevm — Jamieson O'Reilly (@theonejvo) February 16, 2026 Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, said it was a sign "2026 was the year of the agents." If anyone was wondering if 2026 was the year of agents, OpenAI is bringing on the maker of Openclaw. This space is about to get very real. https://t.co/ocqX4kE9PT — Aaron Levie (@levie) February 15, 2026 Not everyone in the tech space was as enthusiastic about the news. XAI cofounder Igor Babuschkin asked users on X: "What's the best open alternative to OpenClaw right now? Doesn't make sense to put all your data into it if it's owned by OpenAI." PayPal mafia member Jason Calacanis expressed similar concerns. 😔 what are the chances the open source project survives / thrives after this? https://t.co/4sUZkKWkGh — @jason (@Jason) February 15, 2026 Steinberger and OpenAI have said that OpenClaw will remain an open-source project with OpenAI's support. Other experts in the space pointed out that OpenAI's win could be a loss for Anthropic, especially after Steinberger wrote on X that Anthropic sent "love letters from legal." "Another interesting detail is Anthropic's visible disdain for anything open source: their only contribution to this was legal threats," George Orosz, a tech industry analyst and author of the tech newsletter The Pragmatic Engineer, wrote on X. Kris Puckett, a designer at Stripe, expressed a similar sentiment Instead of @AnthropicAI getting Claudebot, they rushed legal to send a C&D and lost out on not only brilliant talent but community drive. Truly would love to know the decision making process. — Kris Puckett (@krispuckett) February 16, 2026 Raphael Schaad, a visiting partner at Y Combinator, said, "I bet this causes lots of VC tears." I bet this causes lots of VC tears and angry OSS folks. But think about this: - Peter showed the future and lots of awesome startups are starting to bloom from this. Invest in those! - Peter created one of the most exciting OSS projects in years. The community is vibrant and… https://t.co/RFWwfXU9Lz — Raphael Schaad (@raphaelschaad) February 15, 2026 And finally, some X power users did what they do best: posted memes about the news. Was expecting this one in replies pic.twitter.com/bfcZt3Ugg6 — Tibor Blaho (@btibor91) February 15, 2026 Read the original article on Business Insider

AI agents are transforming the work of coders by taking on tasks, while recent graduates face the challenge of outperforming AI to remain valuable in an automated era.

Promptfoo's team will join Sam Altman-led OpenAI, and its technology will be integrated into the Frontier platform for AI agents.

Microsoft taps Anthropic for Copilot Cowork in push for AI agents  Reuters

GitHub's AI agent has successfully identified more than 80 security vulnerabilities within open-source code, demonstrating the potential of AI in enhancing software security.

CRCL stock surged 22% this week as Circle positions itself to surpass competitors like Tether and Ripple in the emerging market of AI agent payments.

Stablecoin Firms Bet Big on AI Agent Payments That Barely Exist  Bloomberg.com

Teamily AI is launching a new platform that integrates AI agent teams to enhance collaboration and efficiency within human teams.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) has launched an AI agent named 'Scout' to streamline faculty recruitment, featuring secure facial biometric authentication, knowledge assessments, and conversational AI interviews.

Artificial intelligence startup Luma has launched a new set of agents, computer-generated assistants that the company says will boost creative projects in text, image, video and audio.

Okta has set a target for 9% revenue growth for fiscal year 2027, driven by new product momentum in AI agent security.

Two hackers are training AI agents to identify vulnerabilities, noting that over 1 million projects were launched in 2025, but only 20% underwent security audits, highlighting a lack of expertise in the field.

Type “sofa” into Naver’s shopping app these days, and something different happens. Instead of a grid of product listings, an AI agent asks questions. Do you live alone? Do you have pets? It notices browsing patterns suggesting a dog in the household and recommends waterproof fabrics and scratch-resistant materials. Then it proposes a specific product: a three-seat Aquatex sofa from Carrem Furniture, discounted 41 percent to 347,000 won ($235), rated 4.74 stars. Ask it to compare brands, and it i

Qualcomm CEO Predicts 2026 Will Be the Year of the AI Agent  Bloomberg

China Daily highlights 'Dasheng,' a new system-level scientific AI agent designed to assist with complex scientific research and data analysis.

The viral OpenClaw platform showcases the rapid development of AI agents, moving from 'infancy' to 'adolescence' with increased autonomy, prompting experts to highlight benefits while urging caution.

Satya Nadella says he studies startups to relearn the speed and agility Microsoft lost as it grew. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Microsoft is considering releasing a new AI revamp of its software bundle, sources say. The bundle could include Microsoft Copilot and its new AI agent hub, Agent 365. The company could charge up to $99 per user. After years of internal buzz and false starts, Microsoft is considering rolling out its long-rumored E7 enterprise productivity software bundle, a pricier, AI-loade...

Intapp (INTA) and Anthropic have partnered to launch expert AI agents specifically designed for use in highly regulated industries, combining their respective expertise.

Younea, a startup based in Luxembourg, is developing AI agents designed to relieve human employees of certain tasks. The company's CEO, Maurice Voigt, discussed their work with 'Luxemburger Wort'.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asserts that AI agents will enhance, not replace, existing software.

An expert from VertoDigital will present a practical framework for successful AI agent implementation, noting that two-thirds of AI projects fail to be put into practice.

Nvidia announced record quarterly revenue of $68 billion and a forecast of $78 billion, driven by the skyrocketing adoption of AI agents, which has steadied markets and intensified the debate around AI spending.

Recruitment agency Adecco is integrating more AI agents into its hiring process, leading to concerns among job seekers about potentially premature or unfair rejections.

St John’s Bengaluru is collaborating with a French startup to implement 'AI agents' for enhancing hospital management, marking a specific application of AI in healthcare.

Cursor has unveiled significant updates to its AI coding agents, intensifying the competition in the AI coding tool market.

Anthropic Links AI Agent With Tools for Investment Banking, HR  Bloomberg

Markets are closely watching the impact of AI advancements on the software industry, with investors concerned about whether incumbent companies can adapt or will be sidelined by new AI agents.

An article discusses a surprising stock identified as a potential best buy for a future dominated by AI agents, focusing on investment opportunities in the evolving AI market.

OpenAI has signed multi-year agreements with major consulting firms to accelerate the integration of AI agents into enterprise production workflows for its customers.

Jai Raj Choudhary said working at a startup helped grow his career opportunities. Jai Raj Choudhary 24-year-old Jai Raj Choudhary is an AI engineer at StackAI, an AI agent startup. He said working at a startup helped him get more experience in the field. Living in San Francisco also boosted Choudhary's networking and career opportunities, he said. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jai Raj Choudhary, a 24-year-old AI engineer at StackAI, a no-code platform to build AI age...

How we are building our own path to insignificance with chatbots and AI agents like OpenClaw

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The proliferation of AI agents has led to a competitive environment where individuals and companies are actively trying to identify the most promising and successful platforms.

While AI agents like OpenClaw excel in virtual tasks, they struggle in the physical world, creating a niche for human job platforms like Rentahuman.ai to fill this gap.

An experimental Reddit-like platform called Moltbook features AI agents engaging in human-like discussions on topics such as religion, crypto scams, and existence, though observers note it does not represent true intelligent thought.

Anthropic and Infosys have announced a partnership to build AI agents specifically designed for use in highly regulated industries.

Amplitude aims for 15% revenue growth in 2026, with AI agents contributing to 25% of platform queries.

Consulting firms are actively building and deploying thousands of AI agents, but industry insiders are still debating how these agents generate tangible value and what their true worth is.

This article delves into the speculative concept of a social network for AI agents, examining its potential for introspection and inherent threats.

An AI agent developed by Alibaba's team surprised its creators by autonomously initiating crypto-mining, prompting warnings about the cautious deployment of AI in real-world scenarios.

Chinese technology hubs are actively promoting the OpenClaw AI agent, even as security warnings regarding its use have been issued.

Companies in the US and Canada are experimenting with AI agents, leading to a reshaping of traditional office hierarchies as technology takes on new roles.

Recent experiments by US scientists demonstrate the dangerous actions of autonomous AI agents, including data leaks and sabotage, when given access to email, servers, and communication platforms.

The pieces are falling into place for autonomous artificial intelligence. We must stop unregulated development Artificial intelligence is en route to artificial life.

ClawCon, a gathering for fans of Peter Steinberger's open-source AI agent OpenClaw, took place in New York, featuring discussions about AI and free lobster tails.

Bandwidth, a communications platform, announced that AI agents are driving increased demand and expanding margins, as reported at the Citizens Tech Conference.

A startup specializing in smart mattresses and sleep products, now valued at $1.5 billion, is testing an AI agent designed to monitor and control various sleep parameters.

Okta's stock rallied after the company reported an earnings beat, driven by momentum in AI agents, though current quarter guidance was below forecasts.

A new forecast suggests that AI agents from companies like OpenAI, Google, and Amazon will manage one in seven online purchases by 2030, significantly impacting online retailers who must adapt to algorithmic visibility.

An article discusses the inevitable path of AI development and the challenges it will pose for everyone sooner rather than later, likening AI agents to James Bond.

Digital empowerment for ‘small things’  China Daily

The article discusses the technological leap in warehouse logistics, highlighting the suitability of automation for chains operating with uniform goods and the impact of vast data quantities on modern warehouse processes.

Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it plans to transform its domestic and overseas production facilities into factories driven by artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 as part of its push for manufacturing innovation. The company will introduce digital twin-based simulations across the entire manufacturing process from materials warehousing to production and shipment while deploying AI agents dedicated to quality control, production and logistics to strengthen data-driven analysis and verificati

China's Baidu is leveraging AI agents to revitalize its search engine business, aiming to enhance user experience and competitiveness in the evolving AI landscape.

An AI Summit discussed the emerging era of AI agents, examining both the potential benefits and concerns regarding their impact, including on fields like journalism.

A new AI tool named OpenClaw, reportedly backed by Sam Altman, has emerged as a significant security concern across Silicon Valley, prompting warnings from major tech firms like Meta and Microsoft.

An AI consultant, Justin Parnell, explains how AI agents save him hours and outlines a five-step process his clients use to integrate AI agents for increased efficiency.

Christian Tour is transforming the travel industry by leveraging technology, including AI agents, to offer more accessible and detailed vacation experiences.

A new platform has been launched to facilitate collaboration between AI agents and humans, allowing AI to make decisions like booking business trips or monitoring machines, while humans intervene when AI agents encounter difficulties.

GoDaddy Inc. has announced an integration with Salesforce’s AI Agents Discovering Software, enhancing its service offerings through artificial intelligence.

Longevity guru Bryan Johnson expressed his desire for an AI agent to filter his social media feed, describing raw social media as 'toxic' and comparing its impact on mental health to air pollution.

According to Gartner, 40% of enterprise applications are expected to embed AI agents by the end of 2026, indicating a significant shift in business technology.

The increasing prevalence of AI agents is leading to a competitive environment where individuals and companies are trying to identify and back the most promising AI technologies and platforms.

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Potpie is developing solutions to assist enterprises in overcoming the challenges and barriers associated with implementing AI agents.

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US-based software engineer Scott Shambaugh has become a cautionary tale after being slandered by one AI robot and misquoted by another, warning that thousands more could be next to experience AI agent harassment.

Salesforce's 'Agents for Impact' program has launched in India, granting Rs 6.8 crore to four nonprofits. This initiative provides free technology and expert support for building AI agents to automate tasks like donor outreach and application processing. The goal is to free up nonprofit staff for more critical, human-centric work, enhancing their capacity for social impact.

Crypto startups have successfully raised $95 million in funding, with deal terms becoming more attractive, particularly in prediction markets and AI agents.

PwC, like many consulting firms, is investing heavily in engineering talent. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images PwC's engineers have created a new AI agent to tackle enterprise-grade spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are unsexy, but crucial to corporate operations, PwC exec Matt Wood told Business Insider. Traditional AIs "just kind of shrug and give up" when they meet a big spreadsheet, Wood said. The real way to judge a company's AI expertise isn't in the flashy headlines, but by looking at the "unsexy" work rolling out behind the scenes, Matt Wood, PwC's global and US commercial technology and innovation officer, told Business Insider. If Wood's theory holds — that real AI prowess shows up in unglamorous advances — PwC's latest launch is certainly notable. After all, what could be less sexy than spreadsheets? The Big Four firm announced this week that it has developed a "frontier AI agent" capable of reasoning over vast, enterprise-grade spreadsheets — something that conventional AI systems struggle with because of their complexity, size, and interdependencies. The agent can understand and navigate spreadsheets, mimicking "how experienced practitioners work: scanning, searching, jumping across tabs, integrating charts and receipts, and reasoning," PwC said in a press release. Why spreadsheets matter Wood, who joined PwC in 2024 from a role as vice president of AI at Amazon Web Services, said that when he started, he'd noticed the wraparound, ultra-wide monitors filled with spreadsheets: "That's all anybody was working on," he said. But these were not "your school soccer team budget spreadsheet," said Wood. The spreadsheets that power large enterprises are enormously complex, often containing millions of cells, charts, graphs, images, receipts, and dozens of interlinked workbooks. "They are more like financial engines than they are spreadsheets," he told Business Insider. These files often underpin business-critical decisions, yet PwC "found that even today's modern AI was very poorly suited to managing these big enterprise spreadsheets," Wood said. "They just kind of shrug and give up for want of a better word." Matt Wood, PwC's global and US commercial technology and innovation officer. PwC Creating an AI capable of understanding and reasoning across large, complicated spreadsheet applications is what PwC's engineers set out to solve. Their solution was a "genuine advance in the field," Wood said. The agent has unlocked use cases across assurance, advisory, and tax, and boosts time saving on some tasks "from literally days to hours," said Wood. He gave the example of audit walkthroughs, where teams previously spent weeks manually gathering and validating evidence across numerous complex spreadsheets that existing AI tools couldn't handle. Now, users simply upload the files, and the frontier agent automatically maps their structure, extracts relevant data, and performs validation and consistency checks — tasks that would otherwise require combing through millions of rows by hand. The result is faster meetings, less back-and-forth with clients, and cleaner, structured data ready for deeper AI-driven analysis, he said. Consulting powered by engineers PwC's AI spreadsheet agent was built in-house by engineers — a function the firm has been rapidly expanding as it shifts beyond the traditional roles associated with the Big Four. In January, PwC launched a dedicated tech engineering career track to attract more technical talent, saying it wants to become "a destination for top engineering talent." Previously, the firm offered only consulting and accounting career paths. Wood told Business Insider that adding the engineering track is "a signpost" of its future plans. At the same time, PwC is retraining non-technical employees. The US branch of the firm recently announced a companywide workplace learning strategy focused on knowledge sharing and on developing a mix of human and AI skills needed for the future. Wood described the work engineers do at PwC as having two modes: "transforming today" and "building for tomorrow." The first focuses on improving current workflows — reducing back-and-forth with clients, increasing trust, and delivering work more efficiently. The second reimagines professional services from scratch: "If you were to start from a blank piece of paper, what would professional services look like in an AI agent world?" said Wood. PwC engineers also work directly on client engagements, building AI systems tailored to specific projects. For example, they help organizations reorganize and redesign their finance functions from the ground up using agents, Wood said. Many of the consulting industry's top players are pursuing similar investments in technical talent as AI reshapes the work they do. Accenture, already one of consulting's most technically sophisticated players, has added nearly 40,000 AI and data professionals in the last two years. They now account for roughly 10% of its global headcount. EY, another Big Four firm, has added 61,000 technologists since 2023, according to its latest annual report. Have a tip? Contact this reporter via email at pthompson@businessinsider.com or Signal at Polly_Thompson.89. Use a personal email address, a nonwork WiFi network, and a nonwork device; here's our guide to sharing information securely. Read the original article on Business Insider

Marc Benioff said that the promise of AGI was a "TK" Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Business Insider obtained the results of Salesforce's annual employee survey. Most employees felt AI made them more productive. Fewer felt it had decreased their workloads. Salesforce says the survey shows big gains in AI use and enthusiasm. Salesforce says it's at the vanguard of the AI revolution and has even toyed with renaming itself Agentforce in honor of its bet on AI agents. The company is rapidly adopting AI internally as well, and a survey obtained by Business Insider reveals how that's actually playing out behind the scenes. The results — which were broadly positive — show that most employees feel AI is increasing their productivity, although fewer say it's lightening their workloads. Salesforce's annual "Great Insights" survey, which is not public, was conducted in November 2025 and released inside the software company the following month. It surveyed about 80% of the 76,000-person workforce. Most questions about AI received high favorability ratings: In addition to the 81% of employees who said AI tools boost productivity, 83% said they feel equipped to handle AI risks such as bias, and 81% said they felt encouraged to experiment with AI. More than half of employees — 57% — said AI tools helped their team identify opportunities that would have been impossible otherwise. And 62% said their workload is more manageable because they use AI tools. Both of these were among the lowest results in the survey. Salesforce told Business Insider in a statement that the survey showed significant gains in AI use and strong enthusiasm. A composite it creates called the AI Readiness score was at 85% enterprise-wide, an 18% gain year-over-year. "We're thrilled that our employees have moved on from adoption and are seeing AI tools make a meaningful impact in their daily work," a Salesforce spokesperson said. The results suggest that Salesforce is ahead of the pack on encouraging AI adoption, said Jason Schloetzer, an associate professor at Georgetown University's business school who has interviewed dozens of executives about AI adoption. The results also show that, for some employees, AI intensifies their workload rather than reducing it. "The gaps suggest people believe AI is enabling them to do more work, but it's not making their work easier," he said. Salesforce, which sells customer relationship management software, has garnered attention for an intense AI push led by CEO Marc Benioff. Last August, he said half of the work at Salesforce was being done by AI and that the company had eliminated 4,000 support roles because of AI agents. Salesforce's website says the company uses a mix of internal AI tools, including an AI from Salesforce-owned Slack that can quickly find old project templates, and Career Connect, which analyzes employees' strengths and weaknesses to help them move within the company. Salesforce is facing challenges despite its embrace of the AI revolution. Its stock is down over 40% in the past year as concerns mount about the fate of legacy software companies amid the arrival of AI tools from OpenAI and Anthropic. The company has also struggled to deliver on promises made in demos of its AI product Agentforce, Business Insider previously reported. Read the original article on Business Insider

Investor Dan Tapiero suggests that AI agents will not utilize traditional banking institutions like JPMorgan for wiring money, indicating a potential shift in financial transactions with the rise of AI.

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ElevenLabs is a $11 billion voice cloning AI startup. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images ElevenLabs set "ruthless" sales quotas for its representatives, one of its execs said. VP Carles Reina said sales reps are expected to meet quotas equivalent to 20 times their base salary. He said ElevenLabs adopts a small team model for higher sales success. At $11 billion AI startup ElevenLabs, the message to sales reps is simple: Hit 20x your base salary, or you're out. Speaking on the 20VC podcast on Friday, Carles Reina, VP of sales at the voice-cloning startup, talked through its "ruthless" quotas. "So if I pay you $100,000 a year, your quota is $2 million. That's it. If you don't achieve your quota, then you're going to be out, right?" Reina said. "And we're ruthless on that end." ElevenLabs — which was recently valued at $11 billion after closing a $500 million funding round — operates in micro-teams of five to ten people each, according to CEO and cofounder Mati Staniszewski, who spoke on a separate 20VC podcast episode in September. Reina said he prefers to operate in smaller teams that hit their quotas, and pay them more. Small teams have become a growing trend in tech, with AI startups touting their ability to scale with far fewer employees by working alongside AI agents. LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman wrote in January that a team of 15 people using AI can rival a team of 150 who aren't. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg said on a Meta earnings call in July that he has "gotten a little bit more convinced around the ability for small, talent-dense teams to be the optimal configuration for driving frontier research." Reina said the "ruthless" quota has been successful at ElevenLabs, saying on the 20VC podcast that more than 80% of reps hit their sales quota. ElevenLabs did not respond to a request for a comment. He added that the firm compensates both the account executive and customer success manager if they upsell a company within the first 12 months. "I'm paying double, but I don't care," Reina said. "It makes perfect sense because then I have these two people busting their ass to make sure that they actually can make more money, which is fantastic for me as a company." The push for higher performance isn't limited to AI startups. In April, Google said it was restructuring its compensation structure to increase rewards for top performers. "High performance is more important than ever," Google's head of compensation told staff at the time. Read the original article on Business Insider