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AI Kills Jobs, Suggests Everyone Become 'Mini CEO' of Their Laundry

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  • •Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas stated last week at Nvidia’s GTC that AI job losses could lead to new small business creation.
  • •He encouraged those displaced to use AI tools to start 'mini businesses' like writing pitch decks or children’s books.
  • •Perplexity, founded in 2022 and valued at $20 billion, counts SoftBank, Nvidia, and Jeff Bezos as investors driving this AI-powered entrepreneurship vision.

On the bright side of robot domination, Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity CEO (yep, the AI search engine startup cashing $20 billion from SoftBank, Nvidia, and Bezos), insists AI slashing jobs at Nvidia's GTC last week should spur the 'mini business revolution.' His solution? Quit your dead-end gig and hustle writing children’s books or pitch decks powered by AI — because apparently, AI is here to make you entrepreneur royalty with your own 'mini business.' Srinivas, ex-DeepMind/OpenAI brainiac, told the 'All In' podcast that while AI might temporarily wreck jobs, it’ll ultimately gift us a 'glorious future' where side hustles funded by your doomscrolling hours turned AI-fueled patio startup pay your bills and your soul aspirational joy.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/24/2026 | Author: Shubhangi Goel

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