Firm Finds AI Created More Jobs Than It Eliminated; Firm Is Now Mostly AI

SAN FRANCISCO—A workforce analytics firm that reduced its human headcount by 63 percent over eighteen months to fund its proprietary AI analysis platform published a 140-page report Thursday concluding that artificial intelligence has, on balance, created more American jobs than it has eliminated.

The report—"AI and the Future of Work: A Definitive Assessment"—found that 3 percent of U.S. workers had lost jobs to automation since 2023, while 6 percent had gained roles that did not previously exist, a net increase the firm placed at approximately 1.4 million positions. The firm's twelve remaining human employees reviewed the executive summary. The platform wrote the rest.

"The data is unambiguous," said the Chief Insights Officer, one of four employees retained from the original 33-person research staff. "We could not have produced this at scale without the technology we are assessing."

The report has been cited in investor materials by eleven AI companies. Seven are current clients. A footnote on page 112 notes that the 6 percent of workers who "gained AI-created roles" includes AI safety consultants, prompt engineers, and AI impact researchers—a category that, when excluded from the tally, reduces the net figure to what the report describes as "within measurement variance." A second footnote, on page 113, acknowledges that the single largest sub-category in the "roles created" column is "AI workforce analyst."

The firm is accepting speaking engagements at rates starting at $35,000 per appearance.

It is also hiring. The job posting was written by AI. The open role is reviewing AI-written job postings.

"We see this as a vindication," the Chief Insights Officer said, "of the approach."