We’ll turn to AI before hiring new staff says Shopify CEO

We’ll turn to AI before hiring new staff says Shopify CEO

Shopify’s CEO says that his employers must “demonstrate why they cannot get what they want done using AI” before they grow their teams. 

And the ecommerce company will also add “AI usage questions to our performance and peer review,” said CEO Tobi Lutke in an edict to staff.

Shopify, which reported revenues of $8.8 billion in 2024, says it is using AI “to make customer communications more efficient” as well as to underpin its “Sidekick” commerce assistant for…

Article Source
https://www.thestack.technology/prescient-or-toxic-the-shopify-ceos-ai-edict-is-a-sign-of-the-times/