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0 pointsjibe28d ago0 comments

He explains the rationale, smaller teams work faster.

we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.

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MeetingsBrowser28d ago

This is just rephrasing the same concept.

Claiming than a small group with AI can accomplish more than a large group with AI doesn’t make sense.

More likely the company doesn’t have enough work for the large group.

jibeOP28d ago

Have you worked at a big company? It makes sense to me that a small group would be much more productive than a large group, even without AI. Throw in some AI help, and it could be much better.

re-thc27d ago

> It makes sense to me that a small group would be much more productive than a large group

That's not the scenario. The scenario is a large group vs a large group cut into a small group.

The chaos and disruption of slicing 1/2 the company would more than offset any gains. We got people. Not machines. Not everyone adapts so fast. Team work and efficiencies take time.

throwyawayyyy28d ago

I do see fewer Square terminals these days, more Toast (and other options too I think).

wreath27d ago

He’s been building tech companies for 20 years, he sure knew smaller teams move faster when he was hiring thousands of more people during covid

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