March 2, 2026
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Laivly CEO Jeff Fettes was featured in a Business Insider article published after Block cut 40% of its staff, despite the fact that Block CEO Jack Dorsey says the company is healthy and profits continue to rise. Is this a sign of things to come?
In the article, Jeff says that “for some customers who have made AI work, the result isn’t fewer jobs. In some cases, it’s the opposite: Clients that have used AI to boost sales, for example, often want to expand those teams, he said.
‘Why wouldn’t you invest in more salespeople now? Because AI is helping them to deliver at scale in a way that they weren’t before,’ Fettes said.”
Read the full article here (paywall): https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-can-show-their-ai-success-by-cutting-workers-2026-2
