LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman has some advice for companies with bigger workforce: ‘AI fundamentally changes…’

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman has claimed that AI is enabling smaller teams to compete with much larger workforces. In a recent podcast, he argued that companies should reconsider traditional organisational structures in the AI era. In a recent episode of the “Possible” podcast, Hoffman said, “15 people with AI can compete with 150 without it. AI fundamentally changes what small teams can accomplish. Small teams have clearer shared context, something large organisations can’t replicate. AI amplifies this because you can build systems that capture and surface patterns across that shared context.”

Hoffman said that instead of seeking existing AI products to solve a specific issue, AI-native startups ask, “What would the perfect solution look like for my exact situation? Then they build it, even if crude.”