I run a marketing business that lost work and had to cut staff due to AI. I'm still more excited by AI than worried.

Alex Cohen is the CEO and founder of Xander Marketing. Courtesy of Alex Cohen Alex Cohen has run his small marketing agency for 17 years. Cohen cites AI for staff cuts and says client demand has dropped since its rise. He started an AI integration service for in-house teams to help pivot his business into the AI era. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alex Cohen, a 41-year-old CEO and founder of Xander Marketing, based in Kent, UK. This story has been edited for length an...