He Built a 2,800-Person Tech Firm—Now He Says AI Needs Far Fewer Engineers

Building an AI Company Right Now Is the Best Job I Have Had, and the Strangest

I run an AI company, and we just closed our Series B. I want to describe what building feels like right now, because I have not seen a moment like it. Most days it is the best job I have had. Some days it feels like pouring a foundation on ground that keeps shifting. Both are true at once.  Start with what is now possible. A small team can build what used to require hundreds of people and several years. Tools that did not exist three years ago l…

He Built a 2,800-Person Tech Firm—Now He Says AI Needs Far Fewer Engineers

Jacob built Experion into a 2,800-strong product engineering company across five countries.The company once came close to shutting down during the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.Jacob now expects AI to reduce traditional software development teams and timelines by as much as 30 per cent.Binu Jacob has spent years doing what technology companies traditionally do when they want to grow: build teams, hire engineers and take on increasingly …