Help Wanted: AI-First Companies Need Humans After All
May 20, 2025 · 24 min 39 sec
Last year, the fintech company Klarna announced they were going AI-first—but now, they’re hiring humans again. Is this a sign that the AI pendulum is swinging back in tech? On this week’s podcast, Paul and Rich look back at Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s initial pivot, why that strategy probably didn’t get the job done, and what this move signals for the industry on the whole.
Show Notes
- Paul and Rich’s original conversation about Klarna last September.
- “As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver”
- Clay Shirky on the podcast, and in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Transcript
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