Great article! I think this “first domino” framing is right: AI hits the bottom of the pyramid first because it makes research/synthesis/PowerPoint close to zero-marginal cost , and the FT salary/hiring freeze is the tell. But flattening the pyramid creates a second-order problem most people are missing: the talent pipeline. If juniors stop learning by doing the grind work, firms must reinvent apprenticeship (training “judgment + delivery,” not “deck production”).
I also think the future delivery unit isn’t a pyramid or a box: it’s small AI-native pods that ship: prototype in days, integrate into workflow, drive adoption, own outcomes.
And on “CEOs get disrupted first”: maybe not replaced, but definitely exposed. AI removes the fog that weak leadership hides behind" faster clarity means faster accountability.
Great article Fabian. Can you send it to me in .pdf so I can have AI transform it into a checklist for our team when we score potential investments in tech companies? (rick@airbridge.nl)
Thanks, Rick! Substack doesn’t offer a PDF export, unfortunately. Easiest is to just copy the text and paste it into your AI tool of choice - it works perfectly.
Great article! I think this “first domino” framing is right: AI hits the bottom of the pyramid first because it makes research/synthesis/PowerPoint close to zero-marginal cost , and the FT salary/hiring freeze is the tell. But flattening the pyramid creates a second-order problem most people are missing: the talent pipeline. If juniors stop learning by doing the grind work, firms must reinvent apprenticeship (training “judgment + delivery,” not “deck production”).
I also think the future delivery unit isn’t a pyramid or a box: it’s small AI-native pods that ship: prototype in days, integrate into workflow, drive adoption, own outcomes.
And on “CEOs get disrupted first”: maybe not replaced, but definitely exposed. AI removes the fog that weak leadership hides behind" faster clarity means faster accountability.
Great article Fabian. Can you send it to me in .pdf so I can have AI transform it into a checklist for our team when we score potential investments in tech companies? (rick@airbridge.nl)
Thanks, Rick! Substack doesn’t offer a PDF export, unfortunately. Easiest is to just copy the text and paste it into your AI tool of choice - it works perfectly.