AI Impact: Are Companies Using AI to Grow—or Just to Cut?
Calix CEO Michael Weening argues that companies are misusing AI to justify layoffs rather than driving real growth. He advocates for a more nuanced approach to AI adoption, focusing on rethinking workflows and augmenting employee tasks.
Calix CEO Michael Weening believes companies are using AI as a pretext for layoffs rather than driving genuine growth. At Calix, an AI and cloud platform company, a different approach has been taken. Employees have built around 700 internal AI agents, with 40 deployed in production. Early deployments have focused on contained use cases, such as handling employee requests and analyzing supply chain returns. Weening argues that focusing too narrowly on cost-cutting can undermine broader efforts to rethink work structures. He advocates for using AI to drive operational efficiencies and revenue growth.
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