TechCrunch 2025: AI Hires Humans Because Humans Are So 2024

TechCrunch 2025: AI Hires Humans Because Humans Are So 2024
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At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the hot new startup trend involves hiring AI agents as your company's first 10 employees, apparently because real humans require bathroom breaks, coffee, and the drama of office gossip. This bold move pokes cheeky fun at traditional hiring practices as companies throw down the gauntlet for who can be the most algorithmically inclusive—because nothing says 'diversity' like a team showing 100% code compliance! As the event digs deep into this curious fusion of silicon and start-up culture, we learn it’s less about replacing people, and way more about adding a few math geniuses who stay forever polite and never ask for a raise. Children's libraries clearly already irrelevant.

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Source: Techcrunch | Published: 9/30/2025 | Author: TechCrunch Events