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AI adoption correlates with hiring growth, not job losses; freelancing and creative tasks most displaced

2026-07-28 · 7 company · 8 thematic

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akos

Founded Takeoff ~1 year ago to build fully autonomous 'long-horizon' agents for revenue-critical workflows (lending, healthcare); scaled from $0 to near 8-figure ARR in months via outcome-based pricing; acquired by Bret Taylor's Sierra to launch 'Horizon' product targeting CEOs for revenue generation.

ben zig

Labor economist who founded Revelio Labs, a workforce data company synthesizing public-domain data (LinkedIn, job postings, layoff notices, immigration filings) to track real-time AI adoption and labor market dynamics; serves hedge funds, HR departments, and academics.

tae kim

Regular TBPN guest (Barron's columnist, former Bloomberg); known for timely bullish calls on Nvidia, AMD, memory, and CPUs; tracks AI infrastructure fundamentals, supply chain, and capex cycles closely.

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